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Prester John (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Name: Prester John (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Author: John Buchan
ISBN: 9781411438484

by John Buchan

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Overview

Published in 1910, this novel relates the African adventures of David Crawfurd, a young Scot who finds himself enmeshed in a Zulu uprising that bears mysterious links to the medieval legend of Prester John. The action-packed story follows David as he falls in and out of danger with the Zulu leader, Laputa.

About the Author, John Buchan

John Buchan (1875-1940), first Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish novelist and politician who served as the Governor General of Canada. He is best known for his suspense novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock.