Greenmantle
Sign in to saveGreenmantle is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character Richard Hannay. It was first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately preceding the war.
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- Author
- John Buchan
- First published
- 1915
- Editions
- 521
- Subjects
- Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Hannay, richard (fictitious character), fiction, Great britain, fiction, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Richard Hannay (Fictitious character), World War, 1914-1918, Literature
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10 sectionsContents
- Plot introduction
- Plot summary
- Principal characters
- Literary significance and criticism
- Non-fictional associations
- Adaptations
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Greenmantle is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character Richard Hannay. It was first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately preceding the war.
==Plot introduction== Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war, climaxing at the battle of Erzurum.