Prester John
Mystery & Suspense, Historical Mystery, Fiction & Literature, Action Suspense, Historical
| Author: | John Buchan | ISBN: | 1230000263412 |
| Publisher: | Serapis | Publication: | August 26, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Buchan |
| ISBN: | 1230000263412 |
| Publisher: | Serapis |
| Publication: | August 26, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
After his father dies, nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the journey suggests that dark deeds and treacherous intrigues are afoot - all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of Prester John. Set more than a century ago in backwater South Africa, is the great grandfather of today's thrillers. Buchan gives his young hero plenty to do in sussing out and confronting a massive uprising by tribesmen who wish to slaughter all the white settlers for a hundred miles around.
After his father dies, nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the journey suggests that dark deeds and treacherous intrigues are afoot - all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of Prester John. Set more than a century ago in backwater South Africa, is the great grandfather of today's thrillers. Buchan gives his young hero plenty to do in sussing out and confronting a massive uprising by tribesmen who wish to slaughter all the white settlers for a hundred miles around.
