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The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1915 adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, first published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh.It was serialized in All-Story Weekly issues of 5 and 12 June 1915, and in Blackwood's Magazine (credited to "H. de V.") between July and September 1915, before being published in book form in October of that year.
John Buchan was born in Perth on 26 August 1875. Although his father was a Free Church minister who might have been expected to be strict, he was instead a lively character with an enthusiasm for border ballads and other Scots songs which he recited or sang to the family. His mother, on the other hand, epitomised Free Church virtues.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) was a British statesman and writer, today mostly remembered for his fine adventure stories. Buchan was educated at the University of Glasgow and Oxford , and began to write and publish stories from his college days.
17 de jun. de 2022 · He was a man who loved history, writing and the idea of a Canadian national identity. He was John Buchan, the First Baron Tweedsmuir. Throughout this episode, I will refer to him as Buchan. Buchan was born on Aug. 26, 1875 to John and Helen Buchan. His father was a Free Church of Scotland minister and as a child due to holidays in Scotland, he ...
John Buchan, baron Tweedsmuir, (født 26. august 1875, død 11. februar 1940) var en britisk romanforfatter, best kjent for romanen De 39 trinn (The Thirty-Nine Steps), og en politiker som tilhørte unionistene og var Canadas generalguvernør.
約翰·布肯，第一代特威茲穆爾男爵，GCMG，GCVO，CH，PC（英語： John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir ，1875年8月26日—1940年2月11日），蘇格蘭 小說家及政治家，曾任加拿大總督。
John Buchan was born at York Place, Perth, Scotland on 26 August 1875 and grew up in the mining town of Pathhead, Fife. He was the eldest son of John Buchan (1847–1911) a jovial and fun-loving Free Church of Scotland minister, and Helen née Masterson, (1857–1937) both of whom would later provide fodder for his fictional characters.
