The half-hearted

By John Buchan

Subjects: India, history, british occupation, 1765-1947, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Soviet union, fiction, Scotland, fiction, Fiction, political, Fiction, men's adventure, Fiction, romance, general

Description: In the closing years of the 19th century, Lewis Haystoun, a dilettante and coward, falls for Alice Wishart, a guest at a Scottish country house party hosted by Lady Manorwater. Ill at ease in his own life, however, and constantly torn between conflicting interests and social values, Haystoun, initially something of a pathetic figure, responds to the call of duty and travels to India where--no longer half-hearted--he attempts to foil a Russian invasion of the British Empire's Hindu Kush frontier.