Greenmantle, John Buchan
Greenmantle, John Buchan
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Greenmantle

Author: John Buchan

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/29/2022


Synopsis

Joined by Peter Pienaar, the old Boer Scout; John S. Blenkiron, the American determined to fight the Kaiser; and Sandy Arbuthnot, adventurer Richard Hannay travels across war-torn Europe in search of the grotesque Stumm and the evil beauty of Hilda von Einem. This espionage novel set during the First World War features thrilling disguises, despicable plots, and some of the most devious spies in literature.

About John Buchan

John Buchan (1875 - 1940) was a talented author who specialized in adventure novels. Having served as the Governor-General of Canada, he has over fifty books to his name.

About Chris Lutkin

Chris Lutkin has been an actor, a director, a writer, and a teacher for over thirty years. He has narrated several audiobooks including The Early Stories of Philip K. Dick, 12 Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and The Red Badge of Courage. He currently resides in Detroit with his wife, Heather, and their rescue dog, Buckaroo.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayaprakash on February 20, 2012

I first read this book when I was 10 or 11. It was a library copy, borrowed from the Kodaikanal Club in Kodaikanal, a hill station in south India. It used to be the local English club and the contents of the library still include a large number of old hardbound editions of authors who were popular i......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on May 15, 2025

Published during WW1, Greenmantle should be classified as a classic simply because it was published more than a hundred years ago but then add the espionage elements with the harrowing cloak and dagger escapes, and the novel comes to life despite its age. True that the novel has not aged well, in th......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on December 09, 2008

Greenmantle follows Buchan's "Thirty-nine Steps" not as a sequel so much (imho), but rather as something along the line of the further adventures of Richard Hannay, the main protagonist and overall hero of the Thirty-nine Steps. Hannay has since been a soldier in WWI, in which he was injured at Loos......more