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Title: John Burnet of Barns
Author: John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir)
Year of Publication: 1899 (19th century)
Type: Novel
Genre: Adventure/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Plot Summary: Set near Broughton during the ‘Killing Time’ of 1678 (see ‘Covenanters’). John Burnet comes from a long line of Border reivers (q.v.), but, intending for himself a more peaceful and law-abiding life he travels to the Netherlands for an education. On his return, he finds that his dashing and military-minded cousin has denounced him as a Covenanting agent and so tricked him out of his inheritance (the estate of Barns). Rivalry, honour, treachery and a fight to the death
Publisher: Black and White Publishing
ISBN: 1873631316
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Home | Title detail page
Title: John Burnet of Barns
Author: John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir)
Year of Publication: 1899 (19th century)
Type: Novel
Genre: Adventure/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Plot Summary: Set near Broughton during the ‘Killing Time’ of 1678 (see ‘Covenanters’). John Burnet comes from a long line of Border reivers (q.v.), but, intending for himself a more peaceful and law-abiding life he travels to the Netherlands for an education. On his return, he finds that his dashing and military-minded cousin has denounced him as a Covenanting agent and so tricked him out of his inheritance (the estate of Barns). Rivalry, honour, treachery and a fight to the death
Publisher: Black and White Publishing
ISBN: 1873631316
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009