Midwinter

by John Buchan

Overview

It is 1745 and the Jacobite Rebels are marching south into England. In ‘Midwinter’ John Buchan tells the thrilling tale of Alastair Maclean, close confidant of Prince Charles Edward Stewart, as he sets out on a dangerous and secret mission to raise support for the Jacobite cause in the west of England.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781952438585
Publisher:	Start Publishing LLC
Publication date:	04/28/2020
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	234
File size:	493 KB

About the Author

John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940. Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford; his research interests include military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies, but with particular interest in the First World War and in the history of the British Army.

Editorial Reviews

Buchan knew that you can't buck the consequences of your actions, and that your life is what you make of it. Perhaps his peculiarly Scottish combination of Romanticism and Calvinism - daring living and high thinking - is due to return to fashion'

The Independent Magazine