Mr. Standfast (Wordsworth Collection) - Softcover

Buchan, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853262250 ISBN 13: 9781853262258

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

When Richard Hannay, the hero of The Thirty-nine Steps, is recalled by the Head of British Intelligence from the Western Front at a critical moment in the battle for France, he has little idea that his contribution to the war effort will be much more crucial than the command of his Brigade in Flanders. In his strange odyssey to unravel the most sinister of conspiracies 'to defeat the allies in the West' he travels from an idyllic manor house in the Cotswolds to a provincial Garden City where pacifism is the order of the day, through Scotland and London under attack, and thence back to the trenches, and the greatest battle of the First World War. There, amid the devastation and the squalor, he finds both love and a horrifying glimpse of chemical warfare before the thrilling dénoument in the skies above the battlefield.

About this title

About the Author:

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Review:

'Between Kipling and Fleming stands John Buchan, the father of the modern spy thriller' --Christopher Hitchens

About this edition

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1853262250
• ISBN 13: 9781853262258
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288