THE PATH OF THE KING. JOHN BUCHAN, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., BOSTON & NEW YORK, 1931.
 
Historical Fiction Novel
 
The Path of the King is a 1921 novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, presented as a loosely-coupled series of short stories.
 
The novel takes the form of a loosely-coupled collection of short stories presenting a sweeping tapestry of historical episodes, from the Vikings through centuries of Norman, French, Flemish, English, Scottish and American scenes.
 
In an epilogue to the novel, set many years later, three men stand watching the funeral cortège after Lincoln's death. "There goes the first American" says one. The young British attaché replies, "I dare say you are right, Professor, but I think it is also the last of the Kings."
 
Secure binding with clean pages and jacket soil on the spine. The jacket is foxed with some tears and chips and rub marks. About 7-5/8 x 5-1/4 with 290 pages. Picture of Abraham Lincoln on the cover with Viking style boat in the distance.