Mr. Standfast: Authorised Edition
By (Author) John Buchan
Birlinn General
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
8th March 2018
Authorised Edition
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.912
Paperback
304
Width 130mm, Height 195mm, Spine 25mm
306g
Mr Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay thrillers. Brigadier-General Richard Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front and tasked with a secret mission to catch a dangerous German agent who is at large in Britain. Travelling incognito, he infiltrates a community of conscientious objectors with the aim of ferreting out the spy. During this adventure, Hannay at last finds love in the form of 18-year-old Mary Lamington.
'Between Kipling and Fleming stands John Buchan, the father of the modern spy thriller'
-- Christopher HitchensJohn Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist, born in Perth in 1875. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd Georges Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940.