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The Courts of the Morning

by John Buchan

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First published: 1929
Pages: 345

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Set in the invented South American republic of Olifa, this adventure follows Sandy Arbuthnot, one of John Buchan's recurring heroes, as he is drawn into a struggle for the country's future. A powerful mining concern controls the remote district of the Gran Seco, and its brilliant, unstable master threatens to bend a whole nation to his will. Sandy answers with an audacious campaign of guerrilla resistance, matching nerve and cunning against an enemy who commands money, machines, and men. Richard Hannay lends a hand in the framing chapters. Buchan builds the tension around ideas of power and leadership as much as gunfire, giving the book an unusual weight for a thriller of its day.

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John Buchan

John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada. His fast-paced Richard Hannay thrillers helped define the espionage adventure genre.