Prester John John Buchan Books
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Young Scotsman David Crawfurd is having an adventure in South Africa, where a Zulu uprising is tied to the medieval legend of Prester John Crawfurd.
Prester John John Buchan Books
Prester John is the story of David Crawfurd, a young scotsman who is sent to South Africa for work, and becomes embroiled in uprisings of the native black South Africans against the whites.I love Buchan's writing style. It's terse but expressive, compact, so that a massive amount of detail is present in a short space of time. His descriptions are wonderful, with language that is sometimes startling and always original.
One warning. Some of the attitudes and language of the book might come off as racist to the modern ear. There's talk of the 'white man's burden', etc. That was just the way things were back then. You'll have to look past some of that if you want to enjoy the book.
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Prester John John Buchan Books Reviews
Although some of the language will grate with many modern readers, this is still a classic adventure story in the vein of The 39 Steps, which is also by John Buchan, and A Twist of Sand by Geoffrey Jenkins. The story of a Scottish immigrant who uncovers a planned mass uprising has a stirring climax. Although the book has a "white man's burden" tone at times, the writer makes clear his admiration for John Laputa, the (black) clergyman who plans to cleanse South Africa by purging it of whites.
From start to finish an amazing adventure! Historical fiction that has brought a mythical priest king Prester John into a story of the early 20 th century.
I decided to begin reading John Buchan's books because Christopher Hitchens recommended them. Prester John discloses European benign racism in full flower. But the protagonist's words make it difficult to hate him for it. This is an adventure book that tweaks our minds with questions about our own views of our fellow man. I strongly recommend it.
The tale speaks of the white man's duties to uplift and govern natives. If you can put a hold on the natural self-righteousness that you'll get while reading this gem, you'll find yourself dashing through a "story of glory."
It's as good an adventure yarn as you'll get anywhere real men doing real deeds...some for love of tribe, some for love of country, some for love of gold.
I'd not heard of John Buchan before this, but I'm surely going to look for other works of his.
Good book and much in-line with what you would expect from John Buchan. Great character development and a book about a young man making his way in the world; courage, daring, danger. Interesting attitude about the African that reflects and suggest apartheid.
If you want to learn how the British colonized South Africa, this is the book. If you want to learn how the native population may have viewed that colonization, you got it, this is the book. This book is about a Scottish immigrant who comes to South Africa and becomes involved in both situations. This book is a very active narrative that keeps the Scot on his feet, and then some, literally. Be prepared to try to understand the attitudes and customs of that time.
My reasons for reading this book as an adult are *very* different from the reasons I read it as a 12-year-old boy. Buchan is a very strange author. He set out to become a writer and later changed his career path to law and administration. But the habit of writing a yarn every so often never went away - and, after the publication of his very well-known shocker, 'Thirty-Nine Steps', his stories became good money-spinners. The shockers are a strange mixture of good old-fashioned sensational story and political indoctrination. The political views look old fashioned now - but there were uglier political stories about at the time; this fact should not be forgotten. This book gives a largely fanciful story of a projected revolution against foreign rule in South Africa; this gives Buchan a chance to write of his earlier experiences in South Africa and express the European Imperialist convictions that had formed in his mind while working there as Lord Milner's private secretary.
Prester John is the story of David Crawfurd, a young scotsman who is sent to South Africa for work, and becomes embroiled in uprisings of the native black South Africans against the whites.
I love Buchan's writing style. It's terse but expressive, compact, so that a massive amount of detail is present in a short space of time. His descriptions are wonderful, with language that is sometimes startling and always original.
One warning. Some of the attitudes and language of the book might come off as racist to the modern ear. There's talk of the 'white man's burden', etc. That was just the way things were back then. You'll have to look past some of that if you want to enjoy the book.
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