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Greenmantle: Authorised Edition (The Richard Hannay Adventures Book 2) Kindle Edition

by John Buchan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 205 ratings
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November 1915. Richard Hannay is tasked to undertake a top-secret mission to investigate rumours of a plot to create a holy war throughout the Muslim world and draw troops and resources from the Western Front. Hannay must journey to Constantinople through war-torn Europe, recruiting three loyal friends – Peter Pienaar, John S Blenkiron and Sandy Arbuthnot – to help him as he unravels coded messages, escapes murderous mobs and tracks down the mysterious prophet who holds the key to the plot, known as ‘Greenmantle’.

Greenmantle is a gripping reflection on the power of political Islam (to the extent that it was pulled from Radio 4’s schedule at the time of the 7 July bombings) and demonstrates Buchan’s exemplary storytelling ability and political insight.

With an introduction by Allan Massie.
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    352 pages
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    Polygon
  5. Publication date
    November 12, 2012
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It's a special sort of book that can fire your imagination and transport you to worlds you've never known, but Greenmantle continues to take me on a trip, every time I read it
Kevin Sampson

It's a special sort of book that can fire your imagination and transport you to worlds you've never known, but Greenmantle continues to take me on a trip, every time I read it'
Kevin Sampson

About the Author

John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940. Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford; his research interests include military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies, but with particular interest in the First World War and in the history of the British Army.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XSMWNNB
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Polygon; Authorised edition (November 12, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 12, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 674 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 205 ratings

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Coffee House
3.0 out of 5 stars Hard to finish
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
I kept leaving the book, then getting back to it. It seemed very episodic…as if it had been written to appear in a weekly magazine. Not familiar with Turkey, the battle scenes were hard to follow. Perhaps an interesting view of the pre-WW1 world.
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Dan Betelmann
4.0 out of 5 stars Despite Its Serious Flaws, a Good Read
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2012
This sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps has a lot going against it, particularly by the standards of today. As others have noted, there are racist stereotypes and attitudes galore, and the plot depends on contrivance and improbability in healthy doses. Still, I think it's an incredibly enjoyable read, largely for the characters. Unlike Steps, Richard Hannay in his second outing has companions, and a more engaging and endearing group of conspirators would be difficult to uncover. Sandy Arbuthnot, Peter Pienaar and John S. Blenkiron are Hannay's boon companions on this ride across a worn-torn Europe, with the fate of the Allies in the East hanging on their every move. Melodramatic potboiler though it may be, Greenmantle is saved by its characters -- in spite of their own prejudices. If you can somehow put yourself back in time as a reader, encountering this tale for the first time as someone living at the time, this improbable and flawed narrative can go down pleasantly. I did for me, as have all the Hannay novels.
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Plympton
1.0 out of 5 stars Version I received did not have an introduction by Christopher Hitchens as advertised
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2022
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The book was an older edition with an introduction by someone else.
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Laurence Goldstein
3.0 out of 5 stars The bigoted hero of "The 39 Steps" goes back on the job
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2023
Published 1916 right in the middle of The Great War. The USA was NOT in the war. Tsarist Russia was in the war, fighting from the Baltic to the Caucasus. British intelligence learned that Germany was planning an Islamic Revolution to further German interests in Middle East. The Brits ask Richard Hannay (the hero in “The 39 Steps”) to join a team that would foil the German plot. He and they foil the plot. Buchan treats Hannay as a hero. A hero who is bigoted against Jews and Moslems, Arabs and Blacks.
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Scotty Montana
1.0 out of 5 stars Great for school kids.
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020
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Almost painful to read! I think a 13 year old would enjoy this as it reads like a Boys Own Adventure but not so much for adults who might want something more plausible in the plot.
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ian moutter
5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2024
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JB really knew how to spin a great yarn!!
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Ravanagh Allan
5.0 out of 5 stars The Master’s Best.
Reviewed in Australia on June 24, 2023
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Perfect spy novel — so much better than Fleming — and by far the best Buchan I’ve read!
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S Goulding
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic, but starting to look its age
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2021
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It remains a classic type of story, and is less riddled with stereotypes than most (German characters excepted). A reminder of another time and place.
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Brian
5.0 out of 5 stars Mr Buchan
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2023
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I first read a Buchan book when i had a book in my Christmas Stocking at the age of 8. Since then I have read almost every one of his adventures at least once, this one at least 5 times. Never have I been disappointed. I hope, at the age of 87, to read it many more times!
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M. Baerends
3.0 out of 5 stars On Secret Service East of Constantinople
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2019
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Originally published in 1916, 'Greenmantle' is an espionage thriller set in World War One. The narrator, Richard Hannay, is sent on a secret mission to foil a German-Ottoman-Islamist plot against the British Empire. I found out about this book only from Peter Hopkirk's epic "On Secret Service East of Constantinople" which extensively quotes from Greenmantle.

The story is full of implausibilities and the characters are flat. I had hoped the final chapters, dealing with the fall of the key Ottoman fortress Erzerum to the Russians in a legendary mid-winter siege, to be much better than the rest of the book - they were not. In fact, the plot that Hannay and his brave friends (as well as the poor readers) spent so much time fretting about, peters out pathetically.
Then again, the story has a good pace, and the modern reader is certainly charmed by the beautifully outdated language and attitudes.
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