Prester John - John Buchan

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Biographie:
John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, statesman, and diplomat best known for his influential adventure and espionage novels. A prolific writer and public servant, Buchan combined literary accomplishment with a distinguished political career that included service in British intelligence during the First World War and later appointment as Governor General of Canada.His most famous works feature the adventurer Richard Hannay, whose exploits in novels such as The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, and Mr. Standfast helped establish the foundations of the modern spy thriller. Buchan's fiction blended political intrigue, suspense, patriotism, and psychological tension with fast-paced storytelling and vivid atmosphere, influencing generations of espionage writers throughout the twentieth century....