Talk:John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

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Added Postnominals 129.12.234.51 20:34, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

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Does the article mention that Buchan was a grammar school boy?

[edit] Anti-semitism

As the article hints at Buchan's alleged anti-Semitism, should it perhaps mention that he was a Zionist, a friend of Chaim Weizman and a member of the Tory Friends of Israel, as well as him writing that he greatly admired Arthur Balfour, author of the Balfour Declaration of 1917 - promising a homeland for the Jewish people? Benson85 04:20, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Note that the anti-semitism expressed by a character in the first chapter of The 39 Steps is later dismissed by another, "He had a lot of odd biases, too. Jews, for example, made him see red. Jews and the high finance." 68.111.94.69 16:12, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] R.L.Stevenson

There is a distinct R.L.Stevenson flavor to Richard Hannay being chased across Scotland in 'The Thirty Nine Steps', reminiscent of David Balfour in 'Kidnapped'.