Dickson McCunn trilogy
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The Dickson McCunn Trilogy is a series of novels by John Buchan, all featuring his eponymous retired grocer from Glasgow. The books are titled Huntingtower, Castle Gay and The House of the Four Winds. Penguin published an omnibus edition, The Adventures of Dickson McCunn, in 1994.
Huntingtower
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Huntingtower is a 1922 novel,{{Cite web |title=British Library Item details |url=http://primocat.bl.uk/F?func=direct&local_base=ITEMV&doc_number=000512673&con_lng=eng |access-date=20 March 2018 |website=primocat.bl.uk}} initially serialised in Popular Magazine between August and September 1921.{{cite book|title=John Buchan: The Presbyterian Cavalier |last= Lownie |first=Andrew |publisher=Thistle Publishing |year=2013 | pages=196–198 | location=London|isbn=978-1-909609-99-0}} It is the first of Buchan's three Dickson McCunn books, the action taking place in the district of Carrick in Galloway, Scotland.
Castle Gay
{{main|Castle Gay}}Castle Gay is a 1930 novel.{{Cite web |title=British Library Item details |url=http://primocat.bl.uk/F?func=direct&local_base=ITEMV&doc_number=000512623&con_lng=eng |access-date=20 March 2018 |website=primocat.bl.uk}} The action is set in the Scottish district of Carrick, Galloway some six years after the events described in Huntingtower.
The House of the Four Winds
{{main|The House of the Four Winds}}The House of the Four Winds is a 1935 novel.{{Cite web |title=British Library Item details |url=http://primocat.bl.uk/F?func=direct&local_base=ITEMV&doc_number=000512668&con_lng=eng |access-date=31 January 2018 |website=primocat.bl.uk}} It is a Ruritanian romance set in the fictional Central European country of Evallonia, and opens two years after the events recounted in Castle Gay.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815165356/http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext03/hntng11.htm Gutenberg text of "Huntingtower"]
- [http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301341h.html Gutenberg (Australia) text of "Castle Gay"]
- [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301441h.html Gutenberg (Australia) text of "The House of the Four Winds"]
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Category:Novels by John Buchan
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Category:Novels set in Scotland
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