Edition details
Stories by John Buchan. Selected and introduced by Giles Foden. A Captain of Salvation. A Journey of Little Profit. Politics and the Man-Fly. Streams of Water in the South. The Watcher by the Threshold. Fountainblue. The Grove of Ashtaroth. Space. 'Divus' Johnston. Basilissa. Fullcircle. The Loathly Opposite. Ships to Tarshish. Tendebant Manus. The Last Crusade. Sing a Song of Sixpence. The Wind in the Portico. The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn. Colour frontispiece and 12 B&W illustrations by Nick Hardcastle. Bound in grey cloth blocked with a black, red and white image. 384pp. 8x5.25in.
About the book
This collection brings together shorter fiction by John Buchan, known for adventure, espionage and historical storytelling. The stories often involve remote landscapes, political intrigue and ordinary people drawn into dangerous circumstances. Buchan combines fast-moving plots with a strong sense of place and atmosphere. The Alexandria Quartet Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet consists of Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea. The four novels revisit many of the same events from different perspectives, gradually revealing how memory and interpretation shape apparent truth. Set in cosmopolitan Alexandria, the sequence explores love, politics, identity and the instability of perception.
