Download or read book The Complete Richard Hannay 39 Steps Greenmantle Mr Steadfast Three Hostages Island of Sheep written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Richard Hannay includes the five John Buchan novels that feature the hero: 39 Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Steadfast, Three Hostages, Island of Sheep. Richard Hannay was one of the first modern spy thriller heroes and has shaped the genre. Hannay is strong and silent, combining the Scottish dourness with the English "stiff upper lip." He is tough and shrewd, courageous and resourceful. However, unlike later spy thrillers he has a greater breadth of emotion. He is philosophical and refuses to demonise his enemies, he falls in love, he is dependent upon his friends and he is religious. These books are exciting, with Richard Hannay being chased over moor and glen, they are page turning thrillers.
Download or read book Richard Hannay Collection written by Buchan John and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mr Standfast written by John Buchan and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-09-19 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Standfast John Buchan - Mr Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Greenmantle. The title refers to a character in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, to which there are many other references in the novel. Set in the later years of World War I, Brigadier-General Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front to undertake a secret mission hunting for a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. Hannay is required to work undercover disguised as a pacifist, roaming the country incognito to investigate a German spy and his agents, and then heads to the Swiss Alps to save Europe from being overwhelmed by the German army.
Download or read book The THIRTY NINE STEPS GREENMANTLE and MR STANDFAST written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I spent one-third of my journey looking out of the window of a first-class carriage, the next in a local motor-car following the course of a trout stream in a shallow valley, and the last tramping over a ridge of downland through great beech-woods to my quarters for the night. In the first part I was in an infamous temper; in the second I was worried and mystified; but the cool twilight of the third stage calmed and heartened me, and I reached the gates of Fosse Manor with a mighty appetite and a quiet mind.As we slipped up the Thames valley on the smooth Great Western line I had reflected ruefully on the thorns in the path of duty. For more than a year I had never been out of khaki, except the months I spent in hospital. They gave me my battalion before the Somme, and I came out of that weary battle after the first big September fighting with a crack in my head and a D.S.O. I had received a C.B. for the Erzerum business, so what with these and my Matabele and South African medals and the Legion of Honour, I had a chest like the High Priest's breastplate. I rejoined in January, and got a brigade on the eve of Arras. There we had a star turn, and took about as many prisoners as we put infantry over the top. After that we were hauled out for a month, and subsequently planted in a bad bit on the Scarpe with a hint that we would soon be used for a big push. Then suddenly I was ordered home to report to the War Office, and passed on by them to Bullivant and his merry men. So here I was sitting in a railway carriage in a grey tweed suit, with a neat new suitcase on the rack labelled C.B. The initials stood for Cornelius Brand, for that was my name now. And an old boy in the corner was asking me questions and wondering audibly why I wasn't fighting, while a young blood of a second lieutenant with a wound stripe was eyeing me with scorn.The old chap was one of the cross-examining type, and after he had borrowed my matches he set to work to find out all about me. He was a tremendous fire-eater, and a bit of a pessimist about our slow progress in the west. I told him I came from South Africa and was a mining engineer.'Been fighting with Botha?' he asked.'No,' I said. 'I'm not the fighting kind.'The second lieutenant screwed up his nose.'Is there no conscription in South Africa?''Thank God there isn't,' I said, and the old fellow begged permission to tell me a lot of unpalatable things. I knew his kind and didn't give much for it. He was the sort who, if he had been under fifty, would have crawled on his belly to his tribunal to get exempted, but being over age was able to pose as a patriot. But I didn't like the second lieutenant's grin, for he seemed a good class of lad. I looked steadily out of the window for the rest of the way, and wasn't sorry when I got to my station.I had had the queerest interview with Bullivant and Macgillivray. They asked me first if I was willing to serve again in the old game, and I said I was. I felt as bitter as sin, for I had got fixed in the military groove, and had made good there. Here was I-a brigadier and still under forty, and with another year of the war there was no saying where I might end. I had started out without any ambition, only a great wish to see the business finished. But now I had acquired a professional interest in the thing, I had a nailing good brigade, and I had got the hang of our new kind of war as well as any fellow from Sandhurst and Camberley. They were asking me to scrap all I had learned and start again in a new job. I had to agree, for discipline's discipline, but I could have knocked their heads together in my vexation.What was worse they wouldn't, or couldn't, tell me anything about what they wanted me for. It was the old game of running me in blinkers. They asked me to take it on trust and put myself unreservedly in their hands. I would get my instructions later, they said.I asked if it was important.
Download or read book The 39 Steps written by John Buchan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having returned to Britain after years in Rhodesia, Richard Hannay finds himself caught up in a plot to drag Europe - and the world - into a terrible war. Falsely accused of murder, Hannay goes on the run, intent on uncovering a vicious group of German spies, and of unravelling the mystery of the 39 Steps...John Buchan's classic, influential thriller has been adapted for TV, radio, movies and the stage on numerous occasions and led to several popular sequels featuring Hannay.Contains notes on the novels and its many adaptations.
Download or read book The Thirty Nine Steps written by John Buchan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Download or read book The 39 Steps written by John Buchan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having returned to Britain after years in Rhodesia, Richard Hannay finds himself caught up in a plot to drag Europe - and the world - into a terrible war. Falsely accused of murder, Hannay goes on the run, intent on uncovering a vicious group of German spies, and of unravelling the mystery of the 39 Steps... John Buchan's classic, influential thriller has been adapted for radio, screen and stage on numerous occasions and led to several sequels featuring Hannay.
Download or read book The Thirty nine Steps written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Hannay is a man on the run--pursued by police for a murder he did not commit and by German spies who fear that he could reveal their dastardly plans. To evade capture, Hannay undertakes a hazardous journey.
Download or read book The 39 Steps Illustrated written by John Buchan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-23 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.
Download or read book The Complete Richard Hannay written by John Buchan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1993-02-25 with total page 1305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains: Island of Sheep, Three Hostages, Mr Hostages, Mr Standfast, The 39 Steps.
Download or read book The Thirty Nine Steps Annotated and Illustrated Edition written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many argue that John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps (originally published as a serial in August and September 1915 in Blackwood's Magazine) is one of the most influential thrillers ever written. The novel follows Richard Hannay after his return to London from a trip to South Africa. Initially, he is incredibly bored when he gets back, but when he learns of an assassination plot that could devastate the political balance of Europe, his life becomes very complex. Pursued by the police, he flees to Scotland, along the way trying to figure out what exactly the 39 steps are and how they relate to the assassination plot -- if they do at all.
Download or read book The Thirty Nine Steps Illustrated written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps was the novel that introduced readers to the cunning Richard Hannay and became a foundational work in the spy-thriller genre.
Download or read book The Three Hostages written by John John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is some time after the First World War, and spy-catcher Richard Hannay is now married to his sweetheart Mary Lamington and living peacefully in the Cotswolds. When the kidnapping of three young children interrupts his quiet, rural life, Hannay finds himself on the trail of Dominick Medina, a cultivated and academic con man who charms everyone he meets. With a few lines of verse and the help of his friend, Dr. Tom Greenslade, Hannay must catch Medina and reveal the villain's involvement in an international plot to corrupt young minds using hypnotism and blackmail.Revisiting the memorable characters from The Thirty-Nine Steps, The Three Hostages is the fourth of five Richard Hannay novels written by John Buchan. The Thirty-Nine Steps and its four sequels established Buchan as an original thriller writer, and a pioneer of espionage fiction
Download or read book The Thirty Nine Steps Annotated written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thirty Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of the five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.
Download or read book The Thirty Nine Steps with Notes Biography Illustrated written by John Buchan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.The novel formed the basis for a number of film adaptations, notably: Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 version; a 1959 colour remake; a 1978 version which is perhaps most faithful to the novel; and a 2008 version for British television.
Download or read book The Thirty Nine Steps and the Power House written by John Buchan and published by Kronenberger Press. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book The Thirty nine Steps Greenmantle written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
