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    The Courts of the Morning
    The Courts of the Morning
    The Courts of the Morning
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    The Courts of the Morning

    Written by John Buchan

    Narrated by Peter Joyce

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    Sir Richard Hannay introduces this last adventure involving his old friends. John Blenkiron discovers that a ruthless industrialist is plotting to destabilise America and cause global turmoil. Although Bavarian born, Castor plans to dominate the world from Olifa, a small country in Latin America. Hannay realises he is now too old for the job of thwarting these evil designs and enlists the aid of his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot, now Lord Clanroyden. Fortunately, Sir Archibald Roylance and his wife Janet are honeymooning in Olifa and are able to lend a hand. Sandy decides that revolution is the way forward and Buchan draws on his experience of the tactics of the Boers in South Africa to describe the action of the campaign. Also, the villain is captured and Janet is instrumental in effecting his ideological change but at great cost. The novel was published in 1929. It is unlikely to be a coincidence that in the same year American financial markets collapsed giving another Bavarian national, who had been abusing his people, the opportunity to consolidate his power in Germany and, ultimately, make his insane bid for world domination.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAssembled Stories
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781860153907
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    John Buchan

    John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940. Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford; his research interests include military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies, but with particular interest in the First World War and in the history of the British Army.

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    • 5/5
      What a fantastic document of a time & place - i don't mean the story itself, but rather the way the book is written and how the author describes the values of his heroes. And -the place is fictional, but wow it uncovers so much about the history of Latin America, Europe, & the US. I love reading/ hearing these old novels - i feel like layers of untold history get uncovered with each one. The writing is exquisite (in its old-style way), and the narration is fantastico.
    • 3/5
      Super good narrator. Story is well told but weird plot. A British couple travel to a South American country for a belated honeymoon and intentionally cause a war and a revolution (with the help of their friends) in a pleasant and prosperous country. The motive is never clear giving the impression that it is just for kicks. Super bizarre and too long. I like John Buchan books but I would pass on this one.