The Three Hostages: Authorised Edition [Paperback]

After distinguished service in the First World War, Richard Hannay settles into peaceful domesticity with his wife Mary and their young son. However, news comes to him of three kidnappings. With no more than a few tantalisingly cryptic lines of verse as clues, he is soon on the trail of Dominick Medina  a charismatic polymath but a man utterly and consumedly wicked. As Hannay uncovers an international plot to twist innocent minds through hypnotism and blackmail, it appears that he has met his match in one of Buchans most memorable villains.With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens.This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.After distinguished service in the First World War, Richard Hannay settles into peaceful domesticity with his wife Mary and their young son. However, news comes to him of three kidnappings. Hannay uncovers an international plot to twist innocent minds through hypnotism and blackmail, and confronts one of John Buchans most memorable villains.Don't forget John Buchan ... very much a writer for our troubled timesFor his time, Buchan defined the spy story formulaGB