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Loading... The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay (1919)by John Buchan
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Contains: The Thirty-nine Steps -- Greenmantle -- Mr. Standfast -- The Three Hostages ( ) Four delightful spy thrillers, set and written around WW1. The pace is probably a bit slower than modern versions - I don't read many books like this. I am guessing that a lot of the details provided here are true to life. In Three Hostages there is a very detailed description of a Scottish river and the land around it. In Mr. Standfast, the description of a battle in France is similarly detailed. There are lots of twists and turns here. They're page-turners for sure, but never repetitive. Lots of chasing around the countryside, but the reader gets a clear picture of the terrain. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesRichard Hannay (Omnibus 1-4)
John Buchan is the father of the modern spy thriller. This is so even though the Hannay books are not, strictly speaking, about spies at all in the professional sense of the word. They are about penetration of the enemy, about lonely escape and wild journeys, about the thin veneer that stands between civilsation and barbarism. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.912Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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