Greenmantle
John Buchan
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Description
John Buchan's Greenmantle, his second Richard Hannay novel, sends the soldier-spy east in the middle of the First World War. A mission is proposed: Germany is stirring a holy war in the Muslim world, around a prophetic figure called Greenmantle. Hannay gathers his companions, including Boer scout Peter Pienaar and American Blenkiron.
The party crosses enemy Europe in disguise, rides the Essen barges, survives indiscretions and prison cells, and reaches Constantinople and beyond. Chapter titles trace the chase to the garden-house of Suliman the Red and the guns of the north. Buchan keeps the pace breathless while grounding the plot in wartime fears about Turkey, Persia, and empire. It remains one of his best-loved thrillers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John Buchan |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 517 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |