Huntingtower
by John Buchan
- First published
- 1922
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"Huntingtower" by John Buchan is a novel published in 1922. Retired Glasgow grocer Dickson McCunn embarks on a walking holiday in Scotland, only to stumble upon a Russian princess imprisoned in a mysterious house. With help from a young poet and a scrappy gang of Glasgow street urchins called the Gorbals Die-Hards, McCunn must protect her from Bolshevik enemies arriving by sea. This fairytale-like adventure blends ordinary courage with international intrigue in post-Revolution turmoil.
- Scotland
- Adventure stories
- Kidnapping
- Princesses
- McCunn, Dickson (Fictitious character)
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #3782. Huntingtower on Wikipedia.
