5/20/2023 0 Comments Greenmantle by john buchan![]() ![]() Hannay is given a contact: a mysterious American named Blenkiron. The clue comes from a piece of paper on which Harry Bullivant, Sir Walter's son, wrote three strange words just before his death: Kasredin, cancer, v.I. ![]() Reluctantly, he goes to the Foreign Office and learns from Sir Walter that the Germans are plotting some ugly scheme in the Near East, in order to harm British interests and divert Britain's focus from the war towards its colonies. It seemed to have lost its bearings and broken out into all manner of badges and uniforms which did not fit with my notion of it.” He receives a telegram from Sir Walter Bullivant, calling him to a meeting. He is slightly depressed: “I never could stand London during the war. Major Hannay is convalescing following the battle of Loos. We think it's because it is lacking a good movie based on its story. “Greenmantle” never attained the fame of The thirty-nine steps. In “Greenmantle”, Richard Hannay will fight an incredible German plot to win the war from the East, from the Orient, through the stirring of religious sentiment. Set during World War One, “Greenmantle” is the second of the 5-book series of the Richard Hannay novels which immediately follow The thirty-nine steps, set a few months before the beginning of the war. ![]() “Greenmantle” is a spy novel written by John Buchan and published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1916. ![]()
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