Overview
November 1915. Richard Hannay is tasked to undertake a 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. Greenmantle is a gripping reflection on the power of political Islam, and demonstrates Buchan’s exemplary storytelling ability and political insight.
Richard Hannay is tasked to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world and takes off on a hair-raising journey through German-occupied Europe to meet up with his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot in Constantinople, where they must thwart the Germans'' plans to use religion to help them win the war. In Greenmantle John Buchan clearly asserts his mastery of the genre of the espionage thriller, by drawing on his wide first-hand knowledge of the worlds of politics and secret intelligence. Set during World War I, Greenmantle is a powerful meditation on the power of political Islam.
- | Author: John Buchan
- | Publisher: Birlinn General
- | Publication Date: Apr 12, 2018
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781846971976
- | ISBN-10: 1846971977
