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John Buchan

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John Buchan (1875–1940), 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. John Buchan held public roles including Governor General of Canada, member of the House of Lords, and Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

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“I thought of Scudder, of the thousand friends I had lost, of the great seas of blood and the mountains of sorrow this man and his like had made for the world.”

— John Buchan《Mr. Standfast》

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Book · 1918

Mr. Standfast

Mr. Standfast is a literary work by John Buchan. Its themes and subject matter include Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) and Intelligence service Great Britain. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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