 1st edition dust jacket | |
| Author | John Buchan |
|---|---|
| Language | English, Scots |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Set in | Scotland |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton (UK)[1] Houghton Mifflin (US) |
Publication date | 1927[1] |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 380[1] |
Witch Wood is a 1927 novel by the Scottish author John Buchan that critics have called his masterpiece. The book is set in the Scottish Borders during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and combines the author's interests in landscape, 17th century Calvinism, and the fate of Scotland.[2] A significant portion of the dialogue is in Scots.
- ^ a b c "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Matthew, H. C. G. "Buchan, John, first Baron Tweedsmuir". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32145.