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.

• 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