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5 de jun. de 2024 · Scottish writer John Buchan is perhaps best known for his pioneering thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps, the source material for one of Alfred Hitchcock’s first great films. But as his biographer (and granddaughter) Ursula Buchan tells Jacke, Buchan was far from a one-hit wonder.
Hace 2 días · Tolkien acknowledged a few authors, such as John Buchan and H. Rider Haggard, as writing excellent stories. Tolkien stated that he "preferred the lighter contemporary novels", such as Buchan's. Critics have detailed resonances between the two authors.
Hace 1 día · James Buchanan Jr. ( / bjuːˈkænən / bew-KAN-ən; [3] April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. Buchanan also served as the secretary of State from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S ...
10 de jun. de 2024 · This year’s John Buchan June continues with an earlier Buchan story, his first novel after the success of his colonial South African thriller Prester John in 1910 and one that sees him in his finest Robert Louis Stevenson historical high adventure mode: the fittingly titled Salute to Adventurers.
18 de jun. de 2024 · This is a list of the present and extant Barons ( Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Hace 6 días · Édouard VIII (en anglais Edward VIII ), né le 23 juin 1894 à Londres et mort le 28 mai 1972 à Paris, est roi du Royaume-Uni et des autres dominions du Commonwealth britannique, et empereur des Indes du 20 janvier au 11 décembre 1936 . Avant son accession au trône, Édouard, usuellement appelé David — son dernier prénom — par ses ...
17 de jun. de 2024 · John Buchan arrived in Florissant on June 2 after accepting the position of Florissant Fire Chief, was on the job the following morning “and was on his feet running,” said.
