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Description edit
Collects three stories featuring Buchan's character, Edward Leithen, a prosperous Scots lawyer and MP in London. He seeks adventure to relieve the tedium of respectability. These stories present him: making his own adventure by playing the poacher, and seeking a lost friend in the wastes of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Edward Leithen: Add a description of this character.
- John Macnab
- Archie
- Vernon
- Lew
- Johnny
- Lamancha
- Benjie
- Mans
- Charles
- Wattie
- Janet
- Lumley
- Johnson
- Raden
- Tommy
- Mr Bandicott
- Lady Claybody
- Macnicol
- Chapman
- Agatha
- Gaillard
- Mackenzie
- Francis
- Macqueen
- Macgillivray
- Angus
- Duplessis
- Doran
- Junius
- Mitri
- Harald Blacktooth
- Macpherson
- Mr Palliser-yeates
- Mollie
- Crask
- Mr Crossby
- Tuke
- Maris
- Stokes
- Roguie
- Routh
Setting & Locations edit
- Sick Heart River
- London
- Haripol
- England
- Strathlarrig
- Kynaetho
- Europe
- New York
- America
- Scotland Yard
- Heaven
- Dancing Floor
- Canada
- France
- Plakos
- Inverlarrig
- Pavia
- Quebec
- Athens
- Wirlesdon
- Muirtown
- Bokhara
- Down Street
- Beallach
- Albany
- Clairefontaine
- Highlands
- Ghost River
- Hares
- Britain
- Oxford
- Machray
- Pitt-heron
- Piccadilly
- Providence
- Eton
- Moscow
- Antioch Street
- Vano
- Kore
- Lone Tree Lake
- Carnbeg
- Arabin
- Fort Bannerman
- Blackheath
- Norway
First Sentence edit
LEITHEN had been too busy all day to concern himself with the thoughts which hung heavily at the back of his mind.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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