Formatted for the Kindle. Linked Contents.Threel thrillers collected in one edition. These classics feature Buchan's hero Richard Hannay. JOHN BUCHAN was secretary to Alfred Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa. Upon return to England, he was a partner at a publishing house. In 1910, he wrote Prester John, an adventure set in South Africa. In 1913 he wrote the biography The Marquis of Montrose of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. For that book, he received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 1915, he published the spy thriller The Thirty-nine Steps. In 1935, it was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, and later by others in 1959 and 1978. In 1916, he published the sequel Greenmantle. During World War I, he reported in France for The Times and was a 2nd Lieutenant serving Sir Douglas Haig. In 1917, he was Director of Information under Lord Beaverbrook. After the war, he continued to write thrillers, historical novels and biographies. In 1935, he became Governor General of Canada and King George V dubbed him Baron Tweedsmuir. In Canada, he wrote novels, histories, observations of Canada, and an autobiography. In 1936, he founded the Governor General's Awards, a Canadian award for literary achievements.