![]() ![]() He wrote a twenty-four volume history of the war, which was later abridged.Īlongside his busy public life, Buchan wrote superb action novels, including the spy-catching adventures of Richard Hannay, whose exploits are described in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr. During the first world war, he was Director of Information in the British government. On returning to Britain, Buchan built a successful career in publishing with Nelsons and Reuters. His love for South Africa is a recurring theme in his fiction. After a brief career in law he went to South Africa in 1902 where he contributed to the reconstruction of the country following the Boer War. ![]() ![]() At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.īuchan was educated at Glasgow and Oxford Universities. John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. ![]()
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