Mr. Standfast

John Buchan, born 26 August 1875 - died 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

After a brief legal career Buchan simultaneously began both his writing career and his political and diplomatic career, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in Southern Africa.

He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in the First World War. "e;Mr Standfast"e; is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1919. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)