Greenmantle
Richard Hannay is pulled out of the trenches and handed a secret mission: to run down a rumour that Germany is fanning a holy war across the Muslim world to break the Allied lines. With his friends Sandy Arbuthnot, the American schemer Blenkiron, and the Boer hunter Peter Pienaar, he crosses wartime Europe in disguise, chasing fragments of a code toward Constantinople and the besieged fortress of Erzerum. John Buchan’s 1916 sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps pits Hannay against the ruthless Colonel von Stumm and the formidable Hilda von Einem. It is a brisk, atmospheric spy adventure built on the real anxieties of the First World War. This free PDF and EPUB edition puts the whole chase in your hands.
About the Author
John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada. His fast-paced Richard Hannay thrillers helped define the espionage adventure genre.
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Greenmantle (1916) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Author's Preface & A Mission is Proposed | 22:27 | |
| 2 | The Gathering of the Missionaries | 31:02 | |
| 3 | Peter Pienaar | 23:18 | |
| 4 | Adventures of Two Dutchmen on the Loose | 27:16 | |
| 5 | Further Adventures of the Same | 26:44 | |
| 6 | The Indiscretions of the Same | 30:34 | |
| 7 | Christmastide | 26:13 | |
| 8 | The Essen Barges | 20:43 | |
| 9 | The Return of the Straggler | 25:49 | |
| 10 | The Garden-House of Suliman the Red | 18:46 | |
| 11 | The Companions of the Rosy Hours | 23:42 | |
| 12 | Four Missionaries See Light in Their Mission | 19:34 | |
| 13 | I Move in Good Society | 24:53 | |
| 14 | The Lady of the Mantilla | 22:14 | |
| 15 | An Embarrassed Toilet | 25:23 | |
| 16 | The Battered Caravanserai | 22:31 | |
| 17 | Trouble By the Waters of Babylon | 21:12 | |
| 18 | Sparrows on the Housetops | 21:24 | |
| 19 | Greenmantle | 26:08 | |
| 20 | Peter Pienaar Goes to the Wars | 31:13 | |
| 21 | The Little Hill | 33:39 | |
| 22 | The Guns of the North | 25:03 |
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