Prester John

John Buchan

• Publisher: Hesperides Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781406794069
• eBook ISBN: 9781473392458

This classic book is John Buchan's 1910 novel, "Prester John". It tells the tale of a young Scottish man called David Crawfurd who travels to South Africa. Contents include: "The Man on the Kirkcaple Shore", "Furth! Fortune!", "Blauauwildebestefonein", "My Journey to the Winter-Veld", "Mr Wardlaw Has a Premonition", "The Drums Beat at Sunset", "Captain Arcoll Tells a Tale", "I Fall in Again with the Reverend John Laputa", "The Store at Umvelos'", etc. John Buchan (1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian who served as Governor General of Canada. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• I. The Man on the Kirkcaple Shore
• II. Furth! Fortune!
• III. Blaauwildebeestefontein
• IV. My Journey to the Winter-Veld
• V. Mr Wardlaw Has a Premonition
• VI. The Drums Beat at Sunset
• VII. Captain Arcoll Tells a Tale
• VIII. I Fall in Again with the Reverend John Laputa
• IX. The Store at Umvelos'
• X. I Go Treasure-Hunting
• XI. The Cave of the Rooirand
• XII. Captain Arcoll Sends a Message
• XIII. The Drift of the Letaba
• XIV. I Carry the Collar of Prester John
• XV. Morning in the Berg
• XVI. Inanda's Kraal
• XVII. A Deal and Its Consequences
• XVIII. How a Man May Sometimes Put His Trust in a Horse
• XIX. Arcoll's Shepherding
• XX. My Last Sight of the Reverend John Laputa
• XXI. I Climb the Crags a Second Time
• XXII. A Great Peril and a Great Salvation
• XXIII. My Uncle's Gift Is Many Times Multiplied