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Prester John John Buchan

Prester John By John Buchan

Prester John by John Buchan


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Tells the story of 19-year-old David Crawfurd who travels from Scotland to South Africa, and finds himself with the key to a massive uprising. This critical edition shows what went into the making of Prester John, and explores what sets it apart from the boys' yarns of the period.

Prester John Summary

Prester John by John Buchan

Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to work as a storekeeper. On the voyage he encounters again John Laputa, the celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories. In his remote store David finds himself with the key to a massive uprising, led by the minister, who has taken the title of the mythical priest-king, Prester John. David's courage and his understanding of this man take him to the heart of the uprising, a secret cave in the Rooirand. John Buchan wrote Prester John , his sixth novel, in 1910, seven years after he himself returned from South Africa. It was his first to reach a wide readership across the world, and it established him as the writer of fast-paced adventures for which he is famous. In this, the only critical edition, David Daniell shows what went into the making of Prester John and explores what sets it apart from the boys' yarns of the period. This book is intended for students on courses about the early Adventure Novel. Students on courses about Commonwealth literature/history.

Additional information

GOR001714186
9780192829368
019282936X
Prester John by John Buchan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19940600
256
N/A
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