Greenmantle
Greenmantle
Authorised Edition
Author(s):
John Buchan
Publication Date: 12 November, 2012
Available in all formats
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 9780857905024
ISBN: 9780857905024
Price: INR 394.99
Description
Table of contents
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.
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.
Description
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.
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.
Table of contents
- 1 A Mission is Proposed
- 2 The Gathering of the Missionaries
- 3 Peter Pienaar
- 4 Adventures of Two Dutchmen on the Loose
- 5 Further Adventures of the Same
- 6 The Indiscretions of the Same
- 7 Christmastide
- 8 The Essen Barges
- 9 The Return of the Straggler
- 10 The Garden-House of Suliman the Red
- 11 The Companions of the Rosy Hours
- 12 Four Missionaries See Light in their Mission
- 13 I Move in Good Society
- 14 The Lady of the Mantilla
- 15 An Embarassed Toilet
- 16 The Battered Caravanserai
- 17 Trouble by the Waters of Babylon
- 18 Sparrows on the Housetops
- 19 Greenmantle
- 20 Peter Pienaar Goes to the Wars
- 21 The Little Hill
- 22 The Guns of the North