Greenmantle

John Buchan, 1916

Adventure The First World War

Richard Hannay leaves military convalescence for a secret mission through a Europe already at war.

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Length: 22 chapters
Reading time: About 6 hr 52 min
Words: 98,157

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A telegram interrupts Hannay's breakfast while he is recovering from service at Loos. He expects further army duties, but the name of an old intelligence contact suggests that his next task may demand something beyond straightforward fighting.

Buchan tells the adventure in Hannay's direct, practical voice, making preparation and improvisation part of its momentum. The chapter sequence promises journeys, assumed roles and uncertain meetings, while the wartime setting gives ordinary decisions about whom to trust an immediate and dangerous importance.

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Text from Standard Ebooks, who proofread and typeset it and dedicate their edition to the public domain. John Buchan died more than 70 years ago, so the work is out of copyright in the UK. Includes the original dedication.