The Watcher by the Threshold

John Buchan was born on 26th August, 1875 after a brief career in the legal profession he began a twin career as writer and politician. He was a prodigious writer not just of fiction but of such acclaimed works as a 24 volume history of World War 1. It was during the war, where as a sideline writing propaganda, he wrote his most famous work; The Thirty Nine Steps. It’s hero, Richard Hannay, continues his story in other Buchan novels, most notably Green Mantle in 1916 and Mr Standfast in 1919. Af