![]() ![]() He was a strong supporter of the BBC and the British film industry and a stalwart opponent of censorship. His historical fiction and the other Richard Hannay novels are discussed, but his political life, particularly during the first World War and the run-up to the second, may carry the greatest interest for most readers.īuchan emerges as an admirable person, both privately and publicly, whose achievements are especially amazing in view of his lifelong health problems. The title references his most famous novel, made into one of the great films from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1930s British output-and Buchan, like many others, believed the movie The 39 Steps was an improvement on his book. Besides being a key figure in the development of the spy novel, John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) was a remarkably prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction in various genres and Governor General of Canada in the last years of his life. ![]()
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