Prester John
(Paperback, Authorised Edition)
Publishing Details
Prester John
By (Author) John Buchan
Birlinn General
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
6th February 2020
Authorised Edition
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.912
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 130mm, Height 195mm, Spine 18mm
207g
Description
South Africa, 1900. After his father dies, nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the journey suggests that dark deeds and treacherous intrigues are afoot - all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of Prester John.
Written as a boys' own adventure story and set mostly in South Africa (where Buchan had worked), Prester John was published in 1910 when Buchan was 35. It's a fast-moving thriller in the style of Robert Louis Stevenson and Rider Haggard.
Reviews
'Rejoice in the pre-war prose ... and in Buchan's beautifully observed landscapes'
* Sunday Telegraph *Author Bio
John Buchanwas a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist, born in Perth in 1875. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd Georges Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940.
