Prester John
eBook - ePub

Prester John

  1. 260 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Prester John

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Hesperides Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781406794069
eBook ISBN
9781473392458

Table of contents

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