John Macnab

Three gentlemen not wholly useless to their country—a lawyer, a banker, and a cabinet minister—have suddenly fallen into a state of profound ennui. Each seeks to rediscover the comfort of their lives through ‘the tonic of difficulty'': adopting the nom de guerre of ‘John Macnab'', they take to poaching in the Highlands of Scotland, issuing challenges to three landowners and declaring their intenti...