A Prince of the Captivity

1933 novel by John Buchan

A Prince of the Captivity

Author| John Buchan
Language| English
Genre| Novel
Publisher| Hodder & Stoughton[1]

Publication date

| 1933[1]
Media type| Print
Pages| 383[1]

A Prince of the Captivity is a 1933 novel by the Scottish author John Buchan.

## Plot

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The hero of the novel is Adam Melfort, who marries young to a beautiful but mindless socialite who cannot return his love for her. When she forges her wealthy uncle's signature on a cheque, he takes the blame to save her family's name, and is jailed, losing his army commission in the process. He allows her to divorce him so that she can remarry someone of more similar mind. Released from gaol during World War I, he is recruited as an undercover agent behind enemy lines in Belgium, and later leads an expedition to Greenland to rescue a wealthy American millionaire explorer whose own expedition has met disaster.[2][3][4]

## Background

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The Greenland expedition episode in the novel was inspired by German scientist Alfred Wegener's fatal 1930 expedition.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
2. ^ "A Prince of the Captivity". goodreads.com. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
3. ^ Jones, Sylvia. "A Prince of the Captivity". johnbuchansociety.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
4. ^ Buchan, John (2001). A Prince of the Captivity - Page 74 - Google Books Result. House of Stratus. ISBN 9781842327869. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

## External links

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* A Prince of Captivity at Faded Page (Canada)

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John Buchan

Richard Hannay novels|

* The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)
* Greenmantle (1916)
* Mr Standfast (1919)
* The Three Hostages (1924)
* The Courts of the Morning (1929)
* The Island of Sheep (1936)

Edward Leithen novels|

* The Power-House (1916)
* John Macnab (1925)
* The Dancing Floor (1926)
* The Gap in the Curtain (1932)
* Sick Heart River (1941)

Dickson McCunn trilogy|

* Huntingtower (1922)
* Castle Gay (1930)
* The House of the Four Winds (1935)

Other fiction|

* Sir Quixote of the Moors (1895)
* John Burnet of Barns (1898)
* A Lost Lady of Old Years (1899)
* The Half-Hearted (1900)
* The Watcher by the Threshold, and other tales (1906)
* A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906)
* Prester John (1910)
* The Moon Endureth (1912)
* Salute to Adventurers (1915)
* The Path of the King (1921)
* Midwinter (1923)
* Witch Wood (1927)
* The Runagates Club (1928)
* The Blanket of the Dark (1931)
* The Magic Walking Stick (1932)
* A Prince of the Captivity (1933)
* The Free Fishers (1934)
* The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy (1984)

Characters|

* Sandy Arbuthnot
* John S. Blenkiron
* Sir Walter Bullivant
* Hilda von Einem
* Richard Hannay
* Charles Lamancha
* Edward Leithen
* Dickson McCunn
* John Palliser-Yeates
* Peter Pienaar
* Archie Roylance

Non-fiction|

* Montrose (1928)
* Memory Hold-the-Door (1940)

Adaptations|

| Films|

* The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
* Huntingtower (1928)
* The 39 Steps (1935)
* The 39 Steps (1959)
* The Three Hostages (1977) (TV movie)
* The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
* The 39 Steps (2008) (TV movie)

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TV series|

* The Three Hostages (1952)
* Witch Wood (1954)
* John Macnab (1976)
* Huntingtower (1978)
* Hannay (1988–89)
* The 39 Steps (2025)

Other|

* The 39 Steps (play)

Family|

* Susan Grosvenor
* John Buchan
* William Buchan
* Alastair Francis Buchan
* Anna Masterton Buchan

Other|

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