John Buchan Society
Articles about Buchan

This is the new page for links to more academic articles about John Buchan and his work. If there is anything you'd like to see on this list, please submit it to manager@johnbuchansociety.co.uk.

On Buchan's political career:

Biography from the Governor-General of Canada website, focusing mainly on his political legacy in Canada

John Buchan on the cover of Time, soon after his appointment as Governor-General

Time article from 1935 on his appointment to Governor-General, featuring coverage of the 1935 Canadian elections

On Buchan’s fiction:

The Last Victorian: John Buchan and the Hannay Quartet, Brett F. Woods, California Literary Review, 2005 - a well-written overview of the four Hannay novels (in fact, though, he features in six novels, and in five as a main character), placing them within Buchan’s oeuvre and the history of the spy novel.

an introduction to The Three Hostages

Charles Moore in the Telegraph comments on Radio 4 pulling Greenmantle in August 2005 (rebroadcast December 2005)

A Warning From History – JDF Jones, The Observer Books, 2005 - an article exploring the contemporary significance of Greenmantle

Miles Kington in the Independent on The Free Fishers

General biographical articles:

John Buchan: Man of Letters or Man of Affairs?, University of Glasgow, Avenue No. 19, Donald Mackenzie

A Son of the Borders - A short biographical article by Lanarkshire columnist Dr Ken B. Moody.

Biographical article on the website of Anthony Hope, a Society member and volunteer at the John Buchan Centre, which is also covered on his site.

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