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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