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?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 In 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, "John MacNab"; three high-flying men - a barrister, a cabinet minister and a banker - are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to cure it. They inform three Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon in a given time. They sign collectively as 'John McNab' and await the responses. This novel is a light interlude within the "Leithen Stories" series - an evocative look at the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland. Introduction by Andrew Greig.
- Cover Page
- About Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- 1. In which Three Gentlemen Confess their Ennui
- 2. Desperate Characters in Council
- 3. Reconnaissance
- 4. Fish Benjie
- 5. The Assault on Glenraden
- 6. The Return of Harald Blacktooth
- 7. The Old Etonian Tramp
- 8. Sir Archie is Instructed in the Conduct of Life
- 9. Sir Archie Instructs his Countrymen
- 10. In which Crime is Added to Crime
- 11. Haripol - the Main Attack
- 12. Haripol - Transport
- 13. Haripol - Auxiliary Troops
- 14. Haripol - Wounded and Missing
- 15. Haripol - the Armistice
- Epilogue
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