Podcasts about John Buchan

En 1902, el autor John Buchan, primer barón de Tweedsmuir, historiador y político escocés de prolífica carrera, publicó por primera vez en el Reino Unido una de las antologías de relatos más peculiares que se recuerdan. Ambientadas principalmente en la frontera anglo escocesa, sus historias incluyen ingredientes sobrenaturales de misterio, horror y fantasía, en ocasiones dejando un amplio margen de especulación en la imaginación del lector… La colección original llevaba el mismo título que nuestro cuento de esta noche, incluido también en la antología “El Ceremonial" publicada por la editorial Valdemar en su colección del Club Diógenes, dedicada al Folk Horror… Disfrútenlo pues amigosssh y sigan a estos maestros primigenios! Gigamesh: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ifuimdzq2reot5uy2fnkhl3h Toliol: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:smr7h7ar557tz4tqfeh2c6af Valdemar: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hjh6anmr3q2j3632ngmly6bn Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

What happens when a controversial real-life figure becomes the centre of one of the BBC's most politically charged wartime dramas? In this episode, we revisit The Monocled Mutineer (1986), Alan Bleasdale's adaptation of the story of Percy Toplis — alleged ringleader of the 1917 Étaples mutiny. The four-part series drew huge audiences but quickly became a flashpoint in debates over historical accuracy, media bias, and the BBC's role in shaping national memory. We unpack the drama's reception, the historical evidence (or lack thereof) behind Toplis's role in the mutiny, and how the show explored themes of class, power, and military discipline in the First World War. References:Emma Hanna, The Great War on the Small Screen: Representing the First World War in Contemporary Britain (2009) John Buchan, The 39 Steps (1915) William Hussey, The Boy I loved (2025) Boys from the Black Stuff (1982) Dope Girls (2025) The Crimson Field (2014) Hornblower (1998-2003) Masters of the Air (2024) Sharpe (1993-2008)

Robert Bruce Lockhart was at various times in his life a diplomat, a conspirator, an gatherer of intelligence, and a propagandist. He was always a maverick, a charmer, a bit of a cad with a touch of the bounder, and a devotee of the high life when he could afford it, and often when he could not.  In his busy life he ran a Malaya rubber plantation; served as a diplomat in Czarist Russia; and was first an interlocutor with and then a conspirator against the Bolshevik leaders of the early Soviet Union. After imprisonment and expulsion from the Soviet Union, he ricocheted about Europe as a journalist and memoirist, before ending up as head of the shadowy and creative Political Warfare Executive. Throughout his life he seemed to be an escapee from a John Buchan novel like The Thirty-Nine Steps, or Greemantle, albeit one with a much higher sex drive.  With me to talk about Robert Bruce Lockhart is James Crossland, Professor of International History at Liverpool John Moores University, where he is co-director of the Centre for Modern and Contemporary History. His interests are in—among other things—terrorism, propaganda, the International Red Cross and the history of international humanitarian law. He was last on the podcast in Episode 353 to talk about his book The Rise of the Devils: Fear and the Origins of Modern Terrorism. His newest book is Rogue Agent: From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare, the Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockhart. Some related podcasts in the archive are Jonathan Schneer on the Lockhart Plot; Anna Reid on the Russian Civil War; and–well, I mentioned it, oddly enough–Ben Jones on the Jedburghs.

This week, we did into one of the films that helped put Alfred Hitchcock's name on the map to international audiences, the spy thriller The 39 Steps.***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.A Gaumont-British Picture. Released June 6, 1935. Produced by Michael Balcon and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written by Charles Bennett and Ian Hay, based on the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. Starring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, and Wylie Watson. Cinematography by Bernard Knowles. Music by Louis Levy.Ranking: 13 out of 52. Ranking movies is a reductive parlor game. It's also fun. And it's a good way to frame a discussion. We aggregated over 70 ranked lists from critics, fans, and magazines The 39 Steps got 2,430 ranking points.

This week on Pagecast Michele Magwood is in conversation with John Stewart about his book, the first complete and comprehensive biography of Sir Herbert Baker. More about the book: Architect Sir Herbert Baker left an indelible mark on South Africa and much of the British Empire in the first half of the 20th century. This is the first full biography from childhood and was written with full cooperation from his family and with access to his archive and private papers. After a Victorian architectural apprenticeship in London, Sir Herbert Baker went on to become the most prolific architect of his age in South Africa, where he designed numerous public buildings, churches, schools and private houses, including the Union Buildings, St George's Cathedral and Groote Schuur. Thereafter, he worked in India, Kenya and England where, among many other projects, he designed South Africa House. He was an intimate friend of many fascinating men of his age, including Cecil Rhodes, T. E. Lawrence, John Buchan and Jan Smuts. Lavishly illustrated, this biography offers a compelling picture of an architect whose buildings contribute greatly to South Africa's rich history. More about John and Michele: John Stewart is an award-winning architect, architectural historian and author who, prior to his retirement, was the leader of one of the UK's largest multi-disciplinary architectural practices. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Royal Society of Arts and was twice selected as one of the best 40 Architects under Forty in the UK. He has been writing and lecturing full-time since 2015 and has written six books. John was educated at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, the Oxford School of Architecture and Henley Management College and lives in Buckinghamshire outside London. Michele Magwood is an award-winning journalist and the former Books Editor of the Sunday Times. She has worked in television and broadcasting, and now edits and writes. #SirHerbertBaker #JohnSteward #SouthAfricanHistory #ArchitecturalHeritage #CapeDutchArchitecture #HistoricalBuildings #SouthAfricanPodcast #HistoryLovers #HeritageConservation #ColonialArchitecture #ArchitectsOfHistory #JohannesburgHistory #CapeTownArchitecture #UnionBuildings #SouthAfricanCulture #SouthAfricanPodcast

STELLA RIMINGTON chats to Paul about zeitgeisty new thriller THE HIDDEN HAND, the Chinese threat, Liz Carlyle, Manon Tyler, MI5, retirement, sexism, James Bond and John Buchan. THE HIDDEN HAND: A historic institution is hiding a very modern threat.The student - Li Min, a Chinese student, is forced by her government to transfer from Harvard to Oxford University, where she is recruited to an elite Chinese study centre based out of St Felix's College.The scapegoat - Meanwhile, the centre's newly recruited head stumbles on its more sinister purpose: recruiting Chinese and sympathetic British students to steal high-value research and intellectual property. Unsure who at the university he can trust, he turns to CIA agent Manon Tyler for help.The spy who might be their only hope...But as Li and another Chinese-American student are drawn deeper into a deadly game, will Manon be able to penetrate the heart of St Felix's secrets in time to save them?Dame Stella Rimington joined the Security Service (MI5) in 1968. During her career she worked in all the main fields of the Service: counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism. She was appointed Director General in 1992, the first woman to hold the post. She has written her autobiography and six Liz Carlyle novels. She lives in London and Norfolk.Recommendations: Dorothy L Sayers novels, George Simenon - Maigret novels, Rudyard Kipling - Kim, JK Rowling Striker series.Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network, Punk Noir Magazine (fiction contribution). He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2024. His first book An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out in late 2025.Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023 & 2024 & National Crime Reading Month& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 20242024 Slaughterfest,

What should Pierre Poilievre tackle when he enters office next year ? Things may not be so easy on him if the media isn't on his side - and the legacy media obviously is not! Will it be good enough that Canadians are rid of Justin Trudeau ?- or will the honeymoon be over quickly… John Buchan is a Political Strategist - he joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss this for Three Minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Il teatro namibiano del conflitto in Africa presenta tre grandi particolarità, che lo rendono del tutto avulso rispetto a quello dell'Africa Occidentale e Orientale: innanzitutto l'ambiente desertico, poi il fatto che le forze in campo fossero quasi esclusivamente bianche, e infine il ruolo dei Boeri del Sudafrica.Seguimi su Instagram: @laguerragrande_podcastSe vuoi contribuire con una donazione sul conto PayPal: podcastlaguerragrande@gmail.comScritto e condotto da Andrea BassoMontaggio e audio: Andrea BassoFonti dell'episodio:J. E. M. Atwell, The battle of Sandfontein, Imperial Research, 2006 Boeri, Treccani Jurgens Johannes Britz, Genl S G (Manie) Maritz se aandeel aan die rebellie van 1914 – 1915, University of Pretoria, 1979 John Buchan, A History of the Great War, Houghton Mifflin, 1922 B. Bunting, The Rise of the South African Reich. London, Penguin, 1964 Camerun, Treccani Convenzione dell'Aia del 1899, Dichiarazione III M. Chappell, Seizing the German Empire. The British Army in World War I: The Eastern Fronts, Osprey, 2005 Fritz Damis, Auf Dem Moraberge – Erinnerungen an Die Kämpfe Der 3. Kompagnie Der Ehemaligen Kaiserlichen Schutztruppe Für Kamerun, 1929 Hennie de la Rey, Lappe Laubscher, Die ware generaal Koos de la Rey, Protea Boekhuis, 1998 Der Raubzug Gegen Unsere Kolonien, Der Täglichen Rundschau, 1915 Golf Dornseif, Kameruner Endkampf Um Die Festung Moraberg, 2010 Harry Fecitte, Lake Chad Area: 1914, The Soldier's Burden Michael Friedewaldurl, Funkentelegrafie und deutsche Kolonien. Technik als Mittel imperialistischer Politik, Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Georg-Agricola-Gesellschaft in München, 2001 Helga Bender Henry, Cameroon on a Clear Day, William Carey Library, 1999 Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances leading up to and attending upon the deaths of Senator General the Honourable J.H. de la Rey and Dr. G. Grace: report of the commissioner, the Hon. Mr. Justice Gregorowski, 1914 D. Killingray, Companion to World War I, Blackwell, 2012 Evert Kleynhans, South African invasion of German South West Africa (Union of South Africa), 1914-1918 Online, 2015 Hans Lenssen, Chronik von Deutsch-Südwestafrika 1883 – 1915, Namibia Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, 2002 Louis Botha, Encyclopedia Britannica Manie Maritz, My lewe en strewe, 1939 F. J. Moberly, Military Operations Togoland and the Cameroons 1914–1916, History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995 T. Morlang, Askari und Fitafita: "farbige" Söldner in den deutschen Kolonien, Links, 2008 V. J. Ngoh, Cameroon (Kamerun): Colonial Period: German Rule, Encyclopedia of African History, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005 George Ndakwena Njung, Soldiers of their own. Honor, violence, resistance and conscription in colonial Cameroon during the First World War, University of Michigan, 2016 George Ndakwena Njung, West Africa, 1914-1918 Online, 2024 J. G. Orford, The verdict of history – Reflections on the possible influence of Siener van Rensburg's visions on General J. H. "Koos" de la Rey and some of the results, Military History Journal 2, Military History Society, 1971 Deneys Reitz, J.C. Smuts, Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War, Kessinger Publishing, 2005 Francis Reynolds, Allen Churchill, Francis Miller, The Cameroons, The Story of the Great War, 1916. P. Schreckenbach, Die deutschen Kolonien vom Anfang des Krieges bis Ende des Jahres 1917, Weber, 1920 Timothy J. Stapleton, Union of South Africa, 1914-1918 Online, 2016 Hew Strachan, The First World War in Africa, Oxford University Press, 2004 Ian Van Der Waag, Battle of Sandfontein, First World War Studies 4, 2013 André Wessels, Afrikaner (Boer) Rebellion (Union of South Africa), 1914-1918 Online, 2015 H. P. Willmott, La Prima Guerra Mondiale, DK, 2006In copertina: "kamelreiter" delle schutztruppe germaniche in Namibia, fotografati prima del conflitto, probabilmente nel corso della repressione della rivolta degli Herero e dei Nama. Nel deserto del Kalahari, era essenziale poter muovere le proprie forze a cavallo o su cammello.

In questo episodio seguiremo lo sviluppo di due campagne militari molto poco conosciute, condotte dagli Alleati contro le colonie germaniche del Togo e del Camerun. La prima si risolse in appena venti giorni, mentre la seconda ebbe una durata più lunga, a causa dell'inaspettata resistenza delle forze tedesche.Seguimi su Instagram: @laguerragrande_podcastSe vuoi contribuire con una donazione sul conto PayPal: podcastlaguerragrande@gmail.comScritto e condotto da Andrea BassoMontaggio e audio: Andrea BassoFonti dell'episodio:J. E. M. Atwell, The battle of Sandfontein, Imperial Research, 2006 Boeri, Treccani Jurgens Johannes Britz, Genl S G (Manie) Maritz se aandeel aan die rebellie van 1914 – 1915, University of Pretoria, 1979 John Buchan, A History of the Great War, Houghton Mifflin, 1922 B. Bunting, The Rise of the South African Reich. London, Penguin, 1964 Camerun, Treccani Convenzione dell'Aia del 1899, Dichiarazione III M. Chappell, Seizing the German Empire. The British Army in World War I: The Eastern Fronts, Osprey, 2005 Fritz Damis, Auf Dem Moraberge – Erinnerungen an Die Kämpfe Der 3. Kompagnie Der Ehemaligen Kaiserlichen Schutztruppe Für Kamerun, 1929 Hennie de la Rey, Lappe Laubscher, Die ware generaal Koos de la Rey, Protea Boekhuis, 1998 Der Raubzug Gegen Unsere Kolonien, Der Täglichen Rundschau, 1915 Golf Dornseif, Kameruner Endkampf Um Die Festung Moraberg, 2010 Harry Fecitte, Lake Chad Area: 1914, The Soldier's Burden Michael Friedewaldurl, Funkentelegrafie und deutsche Kolonien. Technik als Mittel imperialistischer Politik, Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Georg-Agricola-Gesellschaft in München, 2001 Helga Bender Henry, Cameroon on a Clear Day, William Carey Library, 1999 Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances leading up to and attending upon the deaths of Senator General the Honourable J.H. de la Rey and Dr. G. Grace: report of the commissioner, the Hon. Mr. Justice Gregorowski, 1914 D. Killingray, Companion to World War I, Blackwell, 2012 Evert Kleynhans, South African invasion of German South West Africa (Union of South Africa), 1914-1918 Online, 2015 Hans Lenssen, Chronik von Deutsch-Südwestafrika 1883 – 1915, Namibia Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, 2002 Louis Botha, Encyclopedia Britannica Manie Maritz, My lewe en strewe, 1939 F. J. Moberly, Military Operations Togoland and the Cameroons 1914–1916, History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995 T. Morlang, Askari und Fitafita: "farbige" Söldner in den deutschen Kolonien, Links, 2008 V. J. Ngoh, Cameroon (Kamerun): Colonial Period: German Rule, Encyclopedia of African History, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005 George Ndakwena Njung, Soldiers of their own. Honor, violence, resistance and conscription in colonial Cameroon during the First World War, University of Michigan, 2016 George Ndakwena Njung, West Africa, 1914-1918 Online, 2024 J. G. Orford, The verdict of history – Reflections on the possible influence of Siener van Rensburg's visions on General J. H. "Koos" de la Rey and some of the results, Military History Journal 2, Military History Society, 1971 Deneys Reitz, J.C. Smuts, Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War, Kessinger Publishing, 2005 Francis Reynolds, Allen Churchill, Francis Miller, The Cameroons, The Story of the Great War, 1916. P. Schreckenbach, Die deutschen Kolonien vom Anfang des Krieges bis Ende des Jahres 1917, Weber, 1920 Timothy J. Stapleton, Union of South Africa, 1914-1918 Online, 2016 Hew Strachan, The First World War in Africa, Oxford University Press, 2004 Ian Van Der Waag, Battle of Sandfontein, First World War Studies 4, 2013 André Wessels, Afrikaner (Boer) Rebellion (Union of South Africa), 1914-1918 Online, 2015 H. P. Willmott, La Prima Guerra Mondiale, DK, 2006In copertina: soldati ghanesi del Reggimento della Costa d'Oro, fotografati nel corso della campagna del Togo, agosto 1914.

The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled settings.   Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.  Your support on Patreon would be greatly appreciated.

The eye-opening conclusion. Hannay confronts the suspected villains, but his doubts about their nefarious attachment to The Black Stone grows. What if he's been baited into a trap? 0:00 - intro 2:10 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 10 Pt. 2 22:39  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap10 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

The 39 Steps is a high-energy theatrical adventure combining mystery, espionage, and humour. Adapted from John Buchan's novel and Alfred Hitchcock's classic film, it follows the dashing Richard Hannay, whose ordinary life is upended when a mysterious woman claiming to be a spy is murdered in his flat. Now on the run from a shadowy organisation called “The 39 Steps,” Hannay navigates a whirlwind of intrigue across London and the Scottish Highlands. With over 80 characters brought to life by a talented cast, this comedy blends Hitchcockian suspense with Monty Python-esque slapstick. Presented by Limelight Theatre, we find out more from the show's creators and cast members, Joe Wyatt and Nikki Brown.

Hannay spies with his little eye a destroyer, a yacht, and 3 normal English gentlemen. Is he at the correct location, or did The Black Stone change their plans last minute? 0:00 - intro 1:40 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 10 Pt. 1 17:44  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap10 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Roll tide! Hannay meets a two-fingered man, the relevancy of thirty-nine steps are revealed, and everyone appears to be in-tune with the movements of the local oceans. No, this chapter is not a prequel into a certain tropical Disney film. 0:00 - intro 1:17 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 9 20:40  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap08 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

My, my. Communication amongst people has made great strides since the creation of the telephone in the late 19th century. Yet, it is somewhat comforting to know that the struggles that exist today with communication - which is far more expansive now - was a problem for people in 1912 as well. Forgive my saltiness. 0:00 - intro 2:14 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 8 Pt. 2 16:57  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap08 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Alfred Hitchock's take on Scottish writer John Buchan's adventure hero Richard Hannay serves as a prototype of sorts for the movie version of Bond. Shane and Andrew offer their best Mae West impressions (it sort of makes sense in context) as they climb the 39 Steps.

Seven chapters were spent establishing the centrality of Richard Hannay to the plot to prevent the assassination of Karolides. However, The Black Stone are after more than just the death of a politician. Is there room for Hannay in stopping their next objective, too? 0:00 - intro 1:28 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 8 Pt. 1 10:17  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap08 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Hannay meets with the British Secretary of The Foreign Office to warn him of the attempt on Karolides' life. Hannay's luck goes from being unstoppable to becoming a moody teenager. 0:00 - intro 1:07 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 7 Pt. 2 18:58  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap07 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Drained of all luck, Hannay becomes ill - the first real roadblock he encounters along his journey. Will spiked milk and Scottish hospitality be enough to get him back on his feet in a timely fashion? 0:00 - intro 1:10 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 7 Pt. 1 12:36  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap07 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Hannay's captors have locked him in a dark storeroom until they can verify his identity. Queue the “MacGyver” music. Let's see how you get out of that one, Richard! 0:00 - intro 1:52 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 6 Pt. 2 21:23  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap06 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Scottish writer John Buchan is perhaps best known for his pioneering thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps, the source material for one of Alfred Hitchcock's first great films. But as his biographer (and granddaughter) Ursula Buchan tells Jacke, Buchan was far from a one-hit wonder. John Buchan wrote more than a hundred books of fiction and non-fiction and a thousand newspaper and magazine articles - and he was just getting started. Ursula's book Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan depicts the remarkable life of this twentieth-century writer (and scholar, antiquarian, barrister, journal editor, war correspondent, member of parliament, director of wartime propaganda, Governor-General of Canada, and more!). PLUS Jacke reads a special letter by Ernest Hemingway, and Marsha Gordon (Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott) stops by to discuss her choice for the last book she will ever read. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Hannay has a “luck aura” surrounding him at all times. But as he quickly discovers, there is good luck and there is bad luck, and well…beggars cannot be choosers. 0:00 - intro 2:45 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 6 Pt. 1 24:31  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap06 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Hannay is lightly interrogated by a road surveyor, his pursuers, and a farmer…and only leaves one man blind in the process. 0:00 - intro 1:33 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 5 Pt. 2 16:51  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap05 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Hannay's charitability knows no bounds as he covers for a drunk road repairman. From milkman to politician to construction worker. Can't tell if Hannay is improving in his occupational choices or declining! Funny what one will do when their life is on the line. 0:00 - intro 2:02 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 5 Pt. 1 12:24  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap05 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Hannay is building quite an impressive resumé: milk-man, train jumper, cryptographer, speed demon, and now fringe politician? What can this man NOT do? 0:00 - intro 3:07 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 4 Pt. 2 22:26  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap04 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

We get some car thoughts from Hannay as he's speeding down the Scottish countryside at 35 mph whilst contemplating the stakes at hand pushing him forward in his mission. 0:00 - intro 1:24 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 4 Pt.1 12:30  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap04 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

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We follow Hannay deep into the Scottish countryside where he seeks respite from his mini-escapee adventures at an inn. The men Scudder warned Hannay about, however, are hot on Hannay's trail and closing in fast. 0:00 - intro 1:05 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 3 Pt 2 17:41  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap03 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Hannay flees to the Scottish countryside seeking to evade the conspirators and police sniffing out his scent. Perhaps a little R&R and TLC at a pop-up BnB is all he needs to acquire new smells. 0:00 - intro 0:43 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 3 14:56  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap03 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

Hannay reluctantly plots his course for survival, takes the mantle of espionage from Scudder, and disguises himself as none other than a milkman (and potential dairy/cattle farmer?) to begin his glorious journey! 0:00 - intro 1:16 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 2 16:29  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap02 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/heritage-breeds-list/belted-galloway-cattle/ https://www.thebettermilk.com/blogs/news/the-traditional-history-of-the-milkman Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

An ordinary (kind of) man caught in extraordinary circumstances! A race against time to expose a dangerous spy ring! Long walks through Scotland! It's John Buchan's immortal (?), classic (?): The 39 Steps. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week on Ron's Amazing Stories we will bring you a captivating adaptation of the classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps. The story is set in 1935. It follows the misadventures of a Canadian civilian named Richard Hannay, who finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of spies while visiting London. As the story unfolds, Hannay stumbles upon a secret organization aiming to steal British military secrets. With his life on the line, he embarks on a treacherous mission to expose the culprits and prevent a potential catastrophe. This exciting adaptation stays true to the essence of the original movie while infusing it with style and suspense. The talented cast brings the characters to life, drawing us into the heart-pounding action and leaving us on the edge of our seats until the very end. So, press that play button for an adrenaline-fueled hour filled with twists, turns, and high-stakes espionage. Featured Story - The 39 Steps  On Ron's Amazing Stories we fill the whole hour with one story. It comes from the OTR series Lux Radio Theater. Our story today is an adaptation of the classic, The 39 Steps. It is a 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is loosely based on the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan.  A Canadian civilian in London gets caught up in preventing an organization of spies from stealing British military secrets. This one comes from the fourth season of Lux Radio Theater and was broadcast in December of 1937.  Program Notes - If you want to watch the film version of follow this link.  Ron's Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron's Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

Scudder takes a stab at convincing Hannay that he is as dead as he says he is. Scudder passes along information to Hannay vital to the survival of Karolides. 0:00 - intro 3:47 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 1 Pt. 2 17:39  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap01 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

The Last Secrets by John Buchan audiobook. The author, John Buchan, maintains that 'the main lines of the earth's architecture have been determined' during the first two decades of the twentieth century, and all that remains is but 'amplifying our knowledge of the groyning and buttresses and stone-work.' In this history of exploration, he tells of nine of those momentous final discoveries that placed the earth's last big secrets firmly on the map, from the mysterious 'cloud city' of Lhasa, to the slopes--but not yet the summit--of Mount Everest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Hannay gives us a brief primer as to why it's important to be specific when you utter the words, “I'm bored!” Introducing our second book - a British spy novel - entitled, “The Thirty-Nine Steps.” 0:00 - intro 2:13 - Dramatic Reading of The Thirty-Nine Steps Ch. 1 Pt. 1 17:08  - A (not so) brief discussion The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/558/pg558-images.html#chap01 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

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On this episode of Book Cheat Dave has read, The Thirty Nine Steps. Hearing all about John Buchan's thriller classic is Alexei Toliopoulos and Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd. Recorded live at The Vanguard in Sydney.See Book Cheat live in: Melbourne and all over the UK: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Support Book Cheat and Do Go On on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSuggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://goo.gl/jxMdiW To get in contact, email bookcheatpod@gmail.com or follow the show via the links below:Twitter: @BookCheatPodInstagram: @BookCheatPodFacebook: @BookCheatPodCheck our Finding Yeezus on Grouse House TV:https://youtu.be/BZiJnQrsyiM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.