A fine author\'s view of the Great Somme Offensive For many years there were few more highly regarded histories of the momentous Battle of the Somme, 1916, than that written by John Buchan, the renowned author of \'The Thirty Nine Steps, \' \'Greenmantle, \' \'Huntingtower\' and many others.
Today Buchan is far less well-known for his non-fiction than for his fiction and that,.
In both his fiction and non-fiction Buchan had the ability to craft a fine narrative in an easy going, economic style.
A fine author\'s view of the Great Somme Offensive For many years there were few more highly regarded histories of the momentous Battle of the Somme, 1916, than that written by John Buchan, the renowned author of \'The Thirty Nine Steps, \' \'Greenmantle, \' \'Huntingtower\' and many others