Publisher Description
John Buchan's hero Edward Leithen chances upon a worldwide plan for domination. With his own life (and those of his friends) depending on the outcome of his struggle, he engages in combat the anarchic brain behind The Power-House.
The author, despite being very busy in Public Service, wrote over 50 books during his life, but his particular talent was for writing fast-moving adventure stories. The Power-House, a good example of this genre, was first published in 1916.
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About John Buchan
John Buchan (1875–1940) was educated at Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford. He became a barrister, member of Parliament, soldier, publisher, and governor general of Canada. Of the over one hundred books he published during his lifetime, he is best remembered for his adventure and spy stories, especially The Thirty-Nine Steps, which was made into a movie by Alfred Hitchcock.
About Peter Joyce
Peter Joyce
trained at Rose Bruford College and won the Radio Prize. There followed a
catalog of repertory work throughout the United Kingdom including two years at
the prestigious Victoria Theatre, Stoke on Trent. His credits include
appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the West End and he is
currently the director of two companies: Assembled Stories, which records
classic literature onto CD, and Past Present Science, for which he travels the
world performing his one man shows about Galileo and Newton.