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Oxford University Press USA - OSO, Oxford
William Thackeray called it "the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began." As a group of travellers visit places in England and Scotland, they provide through satire and wit a vivid and detailed...
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William Thackeray called it "the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began." As a group of travellers visit places in England and Scotland, they provide through satire and wit a vivid and detailed picture of the contemporary social and political scene. Cover Page -- Frontispiece -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Tobias George Smollett -- The Expedition of Humphry Clinker -- Volume I -- Volume II -- Volume III -- Notes -- List of Illustrations.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press USA - OSO, Oxford
In Greenmantle (1916) Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, travels across war-torn Europe in search of a German plot and an Islamic Messiah. He is joined by three more of Buchan's heroes: Peter Pienaar, the old Boer Scout; John S....
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In Greenmantle (1916) Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, travels across war-torn Europe in search of a German plot and an Islamic Messiah. He is joined by three more of Buchan's heroes: Peter Pienaar, the old Boer Scout; John S. Blenkiron, the American determined to fight the Kaiser; and Sandy Arbuthnot, Greenmantle himself, modelled on Lawrence of Arabia. The intrepid four move in disguise through Germany to Constantinople and theRussian border to face their enemies - the grotesque Stumm and the evil beauty of Hilda von Einem.In this classic espionage adventure Buchan shows his mastery of the thriller and the Stevensonian romance, and also his enormous knowledge of world politics before and during the First World War. This edition illuminates for the first time the many levels beneath the stirring plot and romantic characters. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of John Buchan -- GREENMANTLE -- Explanatory Notes -- CONTENTS -- I: A MISSION IS PROPOSED -- II: THE GATHERING OF THE MISSIONARIES -- III: PETER PIENAAR -- IV: ADVENTURES OF TWO DUTCHMEN ON THE LOOSE -- V: FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE SAME -- VI: THE INDISCRETIONS OF THE SAME -- VII: CHRISTMASTIDE -- VIII: THE ESSEN BARGES -- IX: THE RETURN OF THE STRAGGLER -- X: THE GARDEN-HOUSE OF SULIMAN THE RED -- XI: THE COMPANIONS OF THE ROSY HOURS -- XII: FOUR MISSIONARIES SEE LIGHT IN THEIR MISSION -- XIII: I MOVE IN GOOD SOCIETY -- XIV: THE LADY OF THE MANTILLA -- XV: AN EMBARRASSED TOILET -- XVI: THE BATTERED CARAVANSERAI -- XVII: TROUBLE BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON -- XVIII: SPARROWS ON THE HOUSETOPS -- XIX: GREENMANTLE -- XX: PETER PIENAAR GOES TO THE WARS -- XXI: THE LITTLE HILL -- XXII: THE GUNS OF THE NORTH.
