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The Three Hostages

Authorised Edition

John Buchan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Birlinn General

Published:29th Jun '10

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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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ISBN: 9781846971570

Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 25mm

Weight: 295g

320 pages