huntingtower

Description:

Dickson MCunn, a recently retired prosperous Scots grocer decides on a walking tour in SW Scotland as a suitable beginning to his retirement activities. To his surprise, he stumbles into a sinister plot involving kidnapping, crown jewels, and terrorism.To his surprise (and deep satisfaction) our 56 year old hero acquits himself very well, in the process proving that the Geritol crowd can and do have remarkable and heroic adventures!

subjects: Fiction,  Dickson McCunn (Fictitious character),  Kidnapping,  Kidnapping in fiction,  Princesses,  Scotland in fiction,  Princesses in fiction,  Mccunn, dickson (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Missing persons, fiction,  Scotland, fiction,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, thrillers, general,  Fiction, historical, general,  McCunn, Dickson (Fictitious character) -- Fiction,  Kidnapping -- Fiction,  Princesses -- Fiction,  Scotland -- Fiction,  Long Now Manual for Civilization,  Adventure stories,  Adventure

People: Exiled supporters of the Russian anti-Bolshevik factions,  Izaak Walton,  Bobbie Burns.

Places: The Carrick,  which is the coastal portion of Scotland,  Scotland

Times: early post-World WarI Scotland.