Greenmantle [with Biographical Introduction]
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The author meant the Hannay stories to be pure escapism. They still are. Enjoy. --Bookbag
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'Maybe GREENMANTLE should be a set book for our security services.'
(Allan Massie, Economist ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For students of the Great War the Middle Eastern campaigns represent an eclectic mixture of excitement and romantic notions of great religious passion, and in Greenmantle Buchan takes us on a riveting romp through German-occupied Europe in a race against time to prevent a German sponsored Jihad rousing Muslim opinion against the Entente. Written in 1915 to reflect very real contemporary fears of a Jihad and the security of the British Empire, which was governed largely on prestige factors, Buchan has woven a fantastic tale which transports the Great War student back in time and makes him feel as if he riding with the cavalry into Erzerum at the end of the book. Wonderfully realistic, with the breadth of knowledge displayed by Buchan betraying his later role as Director of Propaganda in 1917.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Read "the 39 steps", and then read this. A fantastic development of Richard Hannay, and a brilliant way of passing a wet afternoon. Again, this book will probably find it's way onto the book shelves of all my male teen aged relatives. In my opinion, this is the best book Buchan wrote.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a non-stop roller coaster ride across war torn WWI Europe. Okay as other reviewers have said, it's flawed with propoganda and incredible coincidences but Buchan is on top form here and it's only in looking back that one sees them. The nearest I can say for modern comparison would be Alistair MacLean but for pure excitement and even readability - Greenmantle is ahead. Its unbelievable that this book was written nearly 100 years ago. I totally recommend it but firstly would encourge readers to read The 39 Steps (the first in the series).
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Greenmantle
Great read - a bit like an Indiana Jones movie! Very much of its time but useful as well as entertaining - you can learn a lot about historical context from reading books... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Mrs. A. C. Hussey
A rollicking retro thriller
This is a ripping yarn from an era long gone. The language is dated, the heroes are dashing and brave, and the villains are menacing. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Galatic traveller
Gung-ho
Sean McMeekin's "The Berlin-Baghdad Express", a historical work about Germany's attempts to unleash a jihad against the British Empire in the First World War (see my review),... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ralph Blumenau
Of its time, but neither archaic nor obsolete
Greenmantle, written and first published during the First World War, takes us on a contemporary journey to Lisbon and then through Holland and Germany to the Danube and east to... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lost John
A great time to Jihad by one and all
This is a linear genre thriller written firmly within the archaic Empire code (and language) of its time. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sporus
Word War One Thriller
A great read. Nearly a hundred years have gone by since this book was written and the words still leap off the page and the story keeps you glued to the page! Read more
Published 14 months ago by Frank Leguen
Even better than "The 39 Steps"
After being chased around Britain in "The 39 Steps", a lesser man than Richard Hannay might have hung up his boots. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2009 by Secret Spi
A Great Yarn about the Great Game
Having read a number of John Buchan's 'Shockers' I knew what I was letting myself in for when I turned the first page - and JB didn't disappoint. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by Mr. H. F. Murden
Better than The Thirty Nine Steps
There must be an advantage in reading this shortly after the prequel; the scope for comparison is so much better and, in this reviewer's mind, it is a better novel. Read more
Published on 14 July 2009 by G. D. Busby
Greenmantle (Edwardian Collection)
I anticipated a slow build up due to the age of the story but was pleasantly surprised to find how unimportant this was. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2009 by Nima
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