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    The Courts of the Morning
    The Courts of the Morning
    The Courts of the Morning
    Audiobook16 hours

    The Courts of the Morning

    Written by John Buchan

    Narrated by Peter Joyce

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    Sir Richard Hannay introduces this last adventure involving his old friends. John Blenkiron discovers that a ruthless industrialist is plotting to destabilise America and cause global turmoil. Although Bavarian born, Castor plans to dominate the world from Olifa, a small country in Latin America. Hannay realises he is now too old for the job of thwarting these evil designs and enlists the aid of his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot, now Lord Clanroyden. Fortunately, Sir Archibald Roylance and his wife Janet are honeymooning in Olifa and are able to lend a hand. Sandy decides that revolution is the way forward and Buchan draws on his experience of the tactics of the Boers in South Africa to describe the action of the campaign. Also, the villain is captured and Janet is instrumental in effecting his ideological change but at great cost. The novel was published in 1929. It is unlikely to be a coincidence that in the same year American financial markets collapsed giving another Bavarian national, who had been abusing his people, the opportunity to consolidate his power in Germany and, ultimately, make his insane bid for world domination.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAssembled Stories
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781860153907
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    John Buchan

    Author of the iconic novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan filled many roles including barrister, colonial administrator, publisher, Director of Intelligence, and Member of Parliament. The Thirty-Nine Steps, first in the Richard Hannay series, is widely regarded as the starting point for espionage fiction and was written to pass time while Buchan recovered from an illness. During the outbreak of the First World War, Buchan wrote propaganda for the British war effort, combining his skills as author and politician. In 1935 Buchan was appointed the 15th Governor General of Canada and established the Governor General’s Literacy Award. Buchan was enthusiastic about literacy and the evolution of Canadian culture. He died in 1940 and received a state funeral in Canada before his ashes were returned to the United Kingdom.

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    • 5/5
      What a fantastic document of a time & place - i don't mean the story itself, but rather the way the book is written and how the author describes the values of his heroes. And -the place is fictional, but wow it uncovers so much about the history of Latin America, Europe, & the US. I love reading/ hearing these old novels - i feel like layers of untold history get uncovered with each one. The writing is exquisite (in its old-style way), and the narration is fantastico.
    • 3/5
      Super good narrator. Story is well told but weird plot. A British couple travel to a South American country for a belated honeymoon and intentionally cause a war and a revolution (with the help of their friends) in a pleasant and prosperous country. The motive is never clear giving the impression that it is just for kicks. Super bizarre and too long. I like John Buchan books but I would pass on this one.