Juntingtower by John Buchan (1939)

The story revolves around a young man who returns to his ancestral home after being away for many years. He becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding the death of a local woman and must navigate complex relationships within his family and community to uncover the truth.

By John Buchan · First published 1939 · Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Historical Fiction · 16 chapters

Contents

• How a Retired Provision Merchant Felt the Impulse of Spring
• Of Mr. John Heritage and the Difference in Points of View
• How Childe Roland and Another Came to the Dark Tower
• Dougal
• Of the Princess in the Tower
• How Mr. Mccunn Departed with Relief and Returned with Resolution
• Sundry Doings in the Mirk
• How a Middle-Aged Crusader Accepted a Challenge
• The First Battle of the Cruives
• Deals with an Escape and a Journey
• Gravity out of Bed
• How Mr. Mccunn Committed an Assault Upon an Ally
• The Coming of the Danish Brig
• The Second Battle of the Cruives
• The Gorbals Die-Hards Go into Action
• In which a Princess Leaves a Dark Tower and a Provision Merchant Returns to his Family

More by John Buchan

• The Thirty-nine Steps (1915)
• Mr Standfast (1915)
• The Far Islands (1899)
• Greenmantle (1916)
• Prester John (1910)
• The Company of the Marjolaine (1908)
• A Lucid Interval (1927)
• The Lemnian (1908)
• All works by John Buchan