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After distinguished service in the First World War, Richard Hannay settles into peaceful domesticity with his wife Mary and their young son. However, news comes to him of three kidnappings. With no more than a few tantalisingly cryptic lines of verse as clues, he is soon on the trail of Dominick Medina – a charismatic polymath but a man ‘utterly and consumedly wicked’. As Hannay uncovers an international plot to twist innocent minds through hypnotism and blackmail, it appears that he has met his match in one of Buchan’s most memorable villains.

With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens.

This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.



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The Three Hostages: Authorised Edition

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      Publisher Birlinn General
      Published 29 June 2010
      ISBN-13 9781846971570
      978-1846971570
      ISBN-10 1846971578

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      After distinguished service in the First World War, Richard Hannay settles into peaceful domesticity with his wife Mary and their young son. However, news comes to him of three kidnappings. With no more than a few tantalisingly cryptic lines of verse as clues, he is soon on the trail of Dominick Medina – a charismatic polymath but a man ‘utterly and consumedly wicked’. As Hannay uncovers an international plot to twist innocent minds through hypnotism and blackmail, it appears that he has met his match in one of Buchan’s most memorable villains.

      With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens.

      This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.



      Trade Review

      'Don't forget John Buchan ... very much a writer for our troubled times'

      * The Catholic Herald *

      'For his time, Buchan defined the spy story formula'

      * The New Criterion *

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