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  1. The Blanket of the Dark
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless' mehr

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    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'

     
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    Cover page; Bibliography; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Sir Ranulphe Crewe; Contents; Introduction; One - The Painted Floor; Two - In which Peter is Introduced to Fortune; Three - In which Peter Lurks in the Shadow; Four - In which Peter goes Deeper into the Greenwood; Five - The Parliament of Beggars; Six - In which Peter Emerges into the Light; Seven - How a Would-be King became a Fugitive; Eight - How Peter Saw Death in the Swan Inn; Nine - The Road to Damascus; Ten - Of the Conclave at Little Greece; Eleven - How Peter Came Again to Avelard

    Twelve - Of the Vision in the SnowThirteen - The Unloosing of the Waters; Fourteen - HowPeter Strove with Powers and Principalities; Fifteen - How the Swan of Bohun Went Down; Sixteen - How Peter Returned to the Greenwood; Epilogue;
  2. The Blanket of the Dark
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    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2018; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, London

    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Intro -- Cover page -- Bibliography -- Title... mehr

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    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Intro -- Cover page -- Bibliography -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Sir Ranulphe Crewe -- Contents -- Introduction -- One - The Painted Floor -- Two - In which Peter is Introduced to Fortune -- Three - In which Peter Lurks in the Shadow -- Four - In which Peter goes Deeper into the Greenwood -- Five - The Parliament of Beggars -- Six - In which Peter Emerges into the Light -- Seven - How a Would-be King became a Fugitive -- Eight - How Peter Saw Death in the Swan Inn -- Nine - The Road to Damascus -- Ten - Of the Conclave at Little Greece -- Eleven - How Peter Came Again to Avelard -- Twelve - Of the Vision in the Snow -- Thirteen - The Unloosing of the Waters -- Fourteen - HowPeter Strove with Powers and Principalities -- Fifteen - How the Swan of Bohun Went Down -- Sixteen - How Peter Returned to the Greenwood -- Epilogue.

     
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  3. A Lost Lady of Old Years
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until a chance encounter with Bonnie Prince Charlie's beautiful secretary leads to dangerous consequences. A tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor. Intro -- A... mehr

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    Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until a chance encounter with Bonnie Prince Charlie's beautiful secretary leads to dangerous consequences. A tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor. Intro -- A Lost Lady of Old Years -- Introduction -- BOOK I -- ONE -- The Birkenshaws of that Ilk and their Fortunes -- TWO -- How Mr. Francis Birkenshaw Departed his Native City -- THREE -- Forth and Tweed -- FOUR -- A Journey in Late Summer -- FIVE -- The Portrait of a Lady -- SIX -- On the Edinburgh Highway -- SEVEN -- Of a Lady on a Grey Horse -- BOOK II -- EIGHT -- The Journey to the North -- NINE -- My Lord of Lovat -- TEN -- Waste Places -- ELEVEN -- The Prince's Cabinet of War -- TWELVE -- After Culloden -- THIRTEEN -- Crabbed Age and Youth -- FOURTEEN -- How Mr. Francis Came to the Lowlands Once More -- BOOK III -- FIFTEEN -- The House of Broughton -- SIXTEEN -- A Council of Honour -- SEVENTEEN -- A Journey to the South -- EIGHTEEN -- Of an Interview in an Unlikely Place -- NINETEEN -- The Last of the Secretary -- TWENTY -- The Death of the Lord Lovat -- TWENTY-ONE -- The Temptation of Mr. Francis -- TWENTY-TWO -- A Long Leave-taking -- TWENTY-THREE -- In the Nature of a Postscript.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857905055
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  4. The Island of Sheep
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    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    A long-forgotten promise made by Richard Hannay finds him honour-bound to resolve a violent vendetta in which the lives of a young father and his daughter are in danger from desperate men. Hannay sets out on a high-octane chase from the rural... mehr

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    A long-forgotten promise made by Richard Hannay finds him honour-bound to resolve a violent vendetta in which the lives of a young father and his daughter are in danger from desperate men. Hannay sets out on a high-octane chase from the rural tranquillity of his English manor to the Scottish Borders and, ultimately, to Scandinavia. Intro -- The Island of Sheep -- Introduction -- PART I -- Fosse -- ONE -- Lost Gods -- TWO -- Hanham Flats -- THREE -- The Tablet Of Jade -- FOUR -- Haraldsen -- FIVE -- Haraldsen's Son -- SIX -- Sundry Doings At Fosse -- SEVEN -- Lord Clanroyden Intervenes -- PART II -- Laverlaw -- EIGHT -- Sanctuary -- NINE -- Lochinvar -- TEN -- The Dog Samr -- ELEVEN -- We Shift our Base -- PART III -- The Island of Sheep -- TWELVE -- Hulda's Folk -- THIRTEEN -- Marine Biology -- FOURTEEN -- The Ways of the Pink-Foot -- FIFTEEN -- Transformation By Fire -- SIXTEEN -- The Riddle of the Tablet.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857905031
    Schriftenreihe: The Richard Hannay Adventures Ser. ; v.5
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  5. John Burnet of Barns
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    Tells the story of two young noblemen - John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery,... mehr

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    Tells the story of two young noblemen - John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery, betrayal and a desperate struggle for survival. Intro -- John Burnet of Barns -- Introduction -- BOOK ONE -- Tweeddale -- ONE -- The Adventure which Befell Me in the Wood of Dawyck -- TWO -- The House of Barns -- THREE -- The Spate in Tweed -- FOUR -- I Go to the College at Glasgow -- FIVE -- Cousinly Affection -- SIX -- How Master Gilbert Burnet Played a Game and was Checkmated -- SEVEN -- The 'Pegasus' Inn at Peebles and how a Stranger Returned from the Wars -- EIGHT -- I Take Leave of My Friends -- NINE -- I Ride Out on My Travels and Find a Companion -- BOOK TWO -- The Low Countries -- ONE -- Of My Voyage to the Low Countries -- TWO -- I Visit Master Peter Wishart -- THREE -- The Story of a Supper Party -- FOUR -- Our Adventure on the Alphen Road -- FIVE -- The First Sunday of March -- SIX -- The First Monday of March -- SEVEN -- I Spend My Days in Idleness -- EIGHT -- The Coming of the Brig Seamaw -- NINE -- An Account of My Homecoming -- BOOK THREE -- The Hillmen -- ONE -- The Pier o' Leith -- TWO -- How I Rode to the South -- THREE -- The House of Dawyck -- FOUR -- How Michael Veitch Met His End -- FIVE -- I Claim a Promise, and We Seek the Hills -- SIX -- The Cave of the Cor Water -- SEVEN -- How Two of His Majesty's Servants Met with Their Deserts -- EIGHT -- Of Our Wanderings among the Moors of Clyde -- NINE -- I Part from Marjory -- TEN -- Of the Man with the One Eye and the Encounter in the Green Clench -- ELEVEN -- How a Miller Strove with His Own Millwheel -- TWELVE -- I Witness a Valiant Ending -- THIRTEEN -- I Run a Narrow Escape for My Life -- FOURTEEN -- I Fall in with Strange Friends -- FIFTEEN -- The Baillies of No Man's Land -- SIXTEEN -- How Three Men Held a Town in Terror -- SEVENTEEN -- Of the Fight in the Moss of Biggar -- EIGHTEEN -- Smitwood -- BOOK FOUR -- The Westlands -- ONE -- I Hear No Good in the Inn at the Fords O' Clyde -- TWO.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857905048
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  6. The Gap in the Curtain
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Edinburgh

    What begins as a straightforward holiday weekend for Sir Edward Leithen in a splendid stately home in the Cotswolds soon turns into something altogether different when one of Lady Flambard's other guests, the enigmatic Professor Moe, enlists the help... mehr

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    What begins as a straightforward holiday weekend for Sir Edward Leithen in a splendid stately home in the Cotswolds soon turns into something altogether different when one of Lady Flambard's other guests, the enigmatic Professor Moe, enlists the help of Leithen and his companions in a bizarre experiment to glimpse the future. For those who take part, the consequences are dramatic and Leithen's formidable powers of reasoning are brought to the fore. Intro -- Author biography -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Introduction -- Dedication page -- Contents -- 1. Whitsuntide at Flambard -- 2. Mr Arnold Tavanger -- 3. The Right Honourable David Mayot -- 4. Mr Reginald Daker -- 5. Sir Robert Goodeve -- 6. Captain Charles Ottery -- ALSO AVAILABLE FROM POLYGON BY JOHN BUCHAN.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857902382
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  7. The Blanket of the Dark
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    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Intro -- Bibliography -- Title page --... mehr

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    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Intro -- Bibliography -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Sir Ranulphe Crewe -- Contents -- Introduction -- One - The Painted Floor -- Two - In which Peter is Introduced to Fortune -- Three - In which Peter Lurks in the Shadow -- Four - In which Peter goes Deeper into the Greenwood -- Five - The Parliament of Beggars -- Six - In which Peter Emerges into the Light -- Seven - How a Would-be King became a Fugitive -- Eight - How Peter Saw Death in the Swan Inn -- Nine - The Road to Damascus -- Ten - Of the Conclave at Little Greece -- Eleven - How Peter Came Again to Avelard -- Twelve - Of the Vision in the Snow -- Thirteen - The Unloosing of the Waters -- Fourteen - HowPeter Strove with Powers and Principalities -- Fifteen - How the Swan of Bohun Went Down -- Sixteen - How Peter Returned to the Greenwood -- Epilogue.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857904997
    Schlagworte: Electronic books
    Umfang: 1 online resource (176 pages)
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  8. The Free Fishers
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    When Anthony Lammas, minister of the Kirk and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, leaves his home town for London on business, he little imagines that within two days he will be deeply entangled in a web of mystery and intrigue. Intro -- 1.... mehr

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    When Anthony Lammas, minister of the Kirk and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, leaves his home town for London on business, he little imagines that within two days he will be deeply entangled in a web of mystery and intrigue. Intro -- 1. In Which a Young Man is Afraid of his Youth -- 2. In Which Lord Mannour Discourses -- 3. Tells of a Night Journey -- 4. In Which a Young Lover is Slighted -- 5. King's Business -- 6. In Which a Town-Clerk is Ill Received -- 7. In Which a Baronet is Discomposed -- 8. In Which the Hunter Meets the Hunted -- 9. Tells of a Dark Wood and a Dark Lady -- 10. Tells of Sunshine and the High Bent -- 11. Tells of Arrivals and Departures -- 12. Tells How a Chase Began -- 13. Of Sundry Doings on the South Road -- 14. Tells of a Veiled Champion -- 15. How a Philosopher Laid Aside his Philosophy -- 16. Tells of a Sceptic's Conversion -- 17. Tells of a Green Lamp and a Cobwebbed Room -- 18. How Sundry Gentlemen Put their Trust in Horses -- 19. Of the Meeting of Lovers and the Homegoing of Youth.

     
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  9. The Half-Hearted
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  10. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  11. The Path of the King
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  12. The Thirty-Nine Steps
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  13. Greenmantle
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
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  14. Huntingtower
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
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  15. Mr. Standfast
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  16. Prester John
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
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  17. Salute to Adventurers
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  18. Salute to Adventurers
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    In John Buchan's thrill-a-minute novel Salute to Adventurers, hero Andrew Garvald makes his way from the dreary moors of his native land to the deceptively bucolic landscape of early colonial America. Faced with adversity, danger and social scorn,... mehr

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    In John Buchan's thrill-a-minute novel Salute to Adventurers, hero Andrew Garvald makes his way from the dreary moors of his native land to the deceptively bucolic landscape of early colonial America. Faced with adversity, danger and social scorn, Garvald nevertheless stands firm in his commitment to bringing fairness and order to the burgeoning colony. Will he achieve this aim and live to tell the tale?

     
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    ISBN: 9781776525966; 9781775560319
    Schlagworte: Scottish Americans ; Virginia ; Fiction; Virginia ; History ; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 ; Fiction; Glasgow (Scotland) ; Fiction; Jamestown (Va.) ; Fiction; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Sweet-Singers; Chapter II - Of a High-Handed Lady; Chapter III - The Canongate Tolbooth; Chapter IV - Of a Stairhead and a Sea-Captain; Chapter V - My First Coming to Virginia; Chapter VI - Tells of My Education; Chapter VII - I Become an Unpopular Character; Chapter VIII - Red Ringan; Chapter IX - Various Doings in the Savannah; Chapter X - I Hear an Old Song; Chapter XI - Gravity Out of Bed; Chapter XII - A Word at the Harbour-Side; Chapter XIII - I Stumble into a Great Folly; Chapter XIV - A Wild Wager; Chapter XV - I Gather the Clans

    Chapter XVI - The Ford of the RapidanChapter XVII - I Retrace My Steps; Chapter XVIII - Our Adventure Receives a Recruit; Chapter XIX - Clearwater Glen; Chapter XX - The Stockade Among the Pines; Chapter XXI - A Hawk Screams in the Evening; Chapter XXII - How a Fool Must Go His Own Road; Chapter XXIII - The Horn of Diarmaid Sounds; Chapter XXIV - I Suffer the Heathen's Rage; Chapter XXV - Events on the Hill-Side; Chapter XXVI - Shalah; Chapter XXVII - How I Strove All Night with the Devil; Chapter XXVIII - How Three Souls Found Their Heritage;
  19. Huntingtower
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, New York

    After selling his business, rich middle-aged merchant Dickson McCunn decides to set out on a walking holiday in the Scottish Borders. There he meets a young English poet, and both soon become embroiled in the plot of an international gang to capture... mehr

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    After selling his business, rich middle-aged merchant Dickson McCunn decides to set out on a walking holiday in the Scottish Borders. There he meets a young English poet, and both soon become embroiled in the plot of an international gang to capture a Russian princess. With the help of the Gorbals Die-hards, an indomitable gang of urchins from Glasgow, they frustrate and finally defeat the gang. And in the process Dickson happens to discover a new meaning to life

     
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    Cover; Author biography; Title page; Copyright page; Introduction; Contents; Prologue; 1. How a Retired Provision Merchant Felt the Impulse of Spring; 2. Of Mr John Heritage and the Difference in Points of View; 3. How Childe Roland and Another Came to the Dark Tower; 4. Dougal; 5. Of the Princess in the Tower; 6. How Mr McCunn Departed with Relief and Returned with Resolution; 7. Sundry Doings in the Mirk; 8. How a Middle-Aged Crusader Accepted a Challenge; 9. The First Battle of the Cruives; 10. Deals with an Escape and a Journey; 11. Gravity Out of Bed

    12. How Mr McCunn Committed an Assault upon an Ally13. The Coming of the Danish Brig; 14. The Second Battle of the Cruives; 15. The Gorbals Die-Hards Go into Action; 16. In which a Princess Leaves a Dark Tower and a Provision Merchant Returns to his Family;
  20. John Burnet of Barns
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    Tells the story of two young noblemen - John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery,... mehr

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    Tells the story of two young noblemen - John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery, betrayal and a desperate struggle for survival

     
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    John Burnet of Barns; Introduction; BOOK ONE; Tweeddale; ONE; The Adventure which Befell Me in the Wood of Dawyck; TWO; The House of Barns; THREE; The Spate in Tweed; FOUR; I Go to the College at Glasgow; FIVE; Cousinly Affection; SIX; How Master Gilbert Burnet Played a Game and was Checkmated; SEVEN; The 'Pegasus' Inn at Peebles and how a Stranger Returned from the Wars; EIGHT; I Take Leave of My Friends; NINE; I Ride Out on My Travels and Find a Companion; BOOK TWO; The Low Countries; ONE; Of My Voyage to the Low Countries; TWO; I Visit Master Peter Wishart; THREE

    The Story of a Supper PartyFOUR; Our Adventure on the Alphen Road; FIVE; The First Sunday of March; SIX; The First Monday of March; SEVEN; I Spend My Days in Idleness; EIGHT; The Coming of the Brig Seamaw; NINE; An Account of My Homecoming; BOOK THREE; The Hillmen; ONE; The Pier o' Leith; TWO; How I Rode to the South; THREE; The House of Dawyck; FOUR; How Michael Veitch Met His End; FIVE; I Claim a Promise, and We Seek the Hills; SIX; The Cave of the Cor Water; SEVEN; How Two of His Majesty's Servants Met with Their Deserts; EIGHT; Of Our Wanderings among the Moors of Clyde; NINE

    I Part from MarjoryTEN; Of the Man with the One Eye and the Encounter in the Green Clench; ELEVEN; How a Miller Strove with His Own Millwheel; TWELVE; I Witness a Valiant Ending; THIRTEEN; I Run a Narrow Escape for My Life; FOURTEEN; I Fall in with Strange Friends; FIFTEEN; The Baillies of No Man's Land; SIXTEEN; How Three Men Held a Town in Terror; SEVENTEEN; Of the Fight in the Moss of Biggar; EIGHTEEN; Smitwood; BOOK FOUR; The Westlands; ONE; I Hear No Good in the Inn at the Fords O' Clyde; TWO; An Old Journey with a New Errand; THREE; The House with the Chipped Gables; FOUR

    Up Hill and Down DaleFIVE; Eaglesham; SIX; I Make My Peace with Gilbert Burnet; SEVEN; Of a Voice in the Eventide; EIGHT; How Nicol Plenderleith Sought His Fortune Elsewhere; NINE; The End of All Things;
  21. A Lost Lady of Old Years
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until a chance encounter with Bonnie Prince Charlie's beautiful secretary leads to dangerous consequences. A tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor mehr

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    Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until a chance encounter with Bonnie Prince Charlie's beautiful secretary leads to dangerous consequences. A tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor

     
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    A Lost Lady of Old Years; Introduction; BOOK I; ONE; The Birkenshaws of that Ilk and their Fortunes; TWO; How Mr. Francis Birkenshaw Departed his Native City; THREE; Forth and Tweed; FOUR; A Journey in Late Summer; FIVE; The Portrait of a Lady; SIX; On the Edinburgh Highway; SEVEN; Of a Lady on a Grey Horse; BOOK II; EIGHT; The Journey to the North; NINE; My Lord of Lovat; TEN; Waste Places; ELEVEN; The Prince's Cabinet of War; TWELVE; After Culloden; THIRTEEN; Crabbed Age and Youth; FOURTEEN; How Mr. Francis Came to the Lowlands Once More; BOOK III; FIFTEEN; The House of Broughton; SIXTEEN

    A Council of HonourSEVENTEEN; A Journey to the South; EIGHTEEN; Of an Interview in an Unlikely Place; NINETEEN; The Last of the Secretary; TWENTY; The Death of the Lord Lovat; TWENTY-ONE; The Temptation of Mr. Francis; TWENTY-TWO; A Long Leave-taking; TWENTY-THREE; In the Nature of a Postscript;
  22. The Island of Sheep
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    A long-forgotten promise made by Richard Hannay finds him honour-bound to resolve a violent vendetta in which the lives of a young father and his daughter are in danger from desperate men. Hannay sets out on a high-octane chase from the rural... mehr

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    A long-forgotten promise made by Richard Hannay finds him honour-bound to resolve a violent vendetta in which the lives of a young father and his daughter are in danger from desperate men. Hannay sets out on a high-octane chase from the rural tranquillity of his English manor to the Scottish Borders and, ultimately, to Scandinavia

     
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    The Island of Sheep; Introduction; PART I; Fosse; ONE; Lost Gods; TWO; Hanham Flats; THREE; The Tablet Of Jade; FOUR; Haraldsen; FIVE; Haraldsen's Son; SIX; Sundry Doings At Fosse; SEVEN; Lord Clanroyden Intervenes; PART II; Laverlaw; EIGHT; Sanctuary; NINE; Lochinvar; TEN; The Dog Samr; ELEVEN; We Shift our Base; PART III; The Island of Sheep; TWELVE; Hulda's Folk; THIRTEEN; Marine Biology; FOURTEEN; The Ways of the Pink-Foot; FIFTEEN; Transformation By Fire; SIXTEEN; The Riddle of the Tablet;
  23. Mr Standfast
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    Recalled from active service, Richard Hannay is sent undercover on a crucial secret mission to find a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. Disguised as a pacifist, Hannay travels from London to Glasgow to the Scottish Highlands and Islands in... mehr

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    Recalled from active service, Richard Hannay is sent undercover on a crucial secret mission to find a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. Disguised as a pacifist, Hannay travels from London to Glasgow to the Scottish Highlands and Islands in his search, which eventually ends in a spectacular climax above the battlefields of Europe

     
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    ISBN: 9781846971556
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    Cover page; Biography page; Title page; Copyright page; Introduction; Western Front; Table of Contents; Note; Part I; One - The Wicket-Gate; Two - "The Village Named Morality"; Three - The Reflections of a Cured Dyspeptic; Four - Andrew Amos; Five - Various Doings in the West; Six - The Skirts of the Coolin; Seven - I Hear of the Wild Birds; Eight - The Adventures of a Bagman; Nine - I Take the Wings of a Dove; Ten - The Advantages of an Air Raid; Eleven - The Valley of Humiliation; Part II; Twelve - I Become a Combatant Once More; Thirteen - The Adventure of the Picardy Chateau

    Fourteen - Mr Blenkiron Discourses on Love and WarFifteen - St Anton; Sixteen - I Lie on a Hard Bed; Seventeen - The Col of the Swallows; Eighteen - The Underground Railway; Nineteen - The Cage of the Wild Birds; Twenty - The Storm Breaks in the West; Twenty-one - How an Exile Returned to His Own People; Twenty-two - The Summons Comes for Mr Standfast;
  24. Free Fishers
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    When Anthony Lammas, minister of the Kirk and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, leaves his home town for London on business, he little imagines that within two days he will be deeply entangled in a web of mystery and intrigue mehr

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    When Anthony Lammas, minister of the Kirk and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, leaves his home town for London on business, he little imagines that within two days he will be deeply entangled in a web of mystery and intrigue

     
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    ISBN: 9781846970658
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    1. In Which a Young Man is Afraid of his Youth; 2. In Which Lord Mannour Discourses; 3. Tells of a Night Journey; 4. In Which a Young Lover is Slighted; 5. King's Business; 6. In Which a Town-Clerk is Ill Received; 7. In Which a Baronet is Discomposed; 8. In Which the Hunter Meets the Hunted; 9. Tells of a Dark Wood and a Dark Lady; 10. Tells of Sunshine and the High Bent; 11. Tells of Arrivals and Departures; 12. Tells How a Chase Began; 13. Of Sundry Doings on the South Road; 14. Tells of a Veiled Champion; 15. How a Philosopher Laid Aside his Philosophy; 16. Tells of a Sceptic's Conversion

    17. Tells of a Green Lamp and a Cobwebbed Room18. How Sundry Gentlemen Put their Trust in Horses; 19. Of the Meeting of Lovers and the Homegoing of Youth;
  25. Greenmantle
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    Richard Hannay sets off an a hair-raising journey through German-occupied Europe to meet his old friend, Sandy Arbuthnot in Constantinople. They struggle to subvert German espionage attempts in the Middle East and halt the further spread of... mehr

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    Richard Hannay sets off an a hair-raising journey through German-occupied Europe to meet his old friend, Sandy Arbuthnot in Constantinople. They struggle to subvert German espionage attempts in the Middle East and halt the further spread of pro-German sympathy in the Muslim world.Introduced by Christopher Hitchens

     
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    ISBN: 9781846971976
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    1 A Mission is Proposed; 2 The Gathering of the Missionaries; 3 Peter Pienaar; 4 Adventures of Two Dutchmen on the Loose; 5 Further Adventures of the Same; 6 The Indiscretions of the Same; 7 Christmastide; 8 The Essen Barges; 9 The Return of the Straggler; 10 The Garden-House of Suliman the Red; 11 The Companions of the Rosy Hours; 12 Four Missionaries See Light in their Mission; 13 I Move in Good Society; 14 The Lady of the Mantilla; 15 An Embarassed Toilet; 16 The Battered Caravanserai; 17 Trouble by the Waters of Babylon; 18 Sparrows on the Housetops; 19 Greenmantle

    20 Peter Pienaar Goes to the Wars21 The Little Hill; 22 The Guns of the North;