num_pages: 170
description: This modern fairy-tale is also the gripping adventure story about Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer who finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess held prisoner in the rambling mansion, Huntingtower. Here, Buchan introduces some of his best-loved characters and paints a remarkable picture of a man rejuvenated by joining much younger comrades in a fight against tyranny and fear.
language: English
title: Huntingtower
titlecomplete: Huntingtower (Dickson McCunn, #1)
characters: Dougal, Alexis Nicolaevitch, Wee Jaikie, John Heritage, Loudon, Saskia, Quentin Kennedy, Dobson, Mrs. Morran, Dickson McCunn, Archie Roylance, Paul Abreskov
genres: Historical, 20th Century, Classics, Scotland, Adventure, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 784
places: Scotland
series: Dickson McCunn
publisher: Hard Press