Mr. Standfast: Authorised Edition
(Paperback, Authorised Edition)
Publishing Details
Mr. Standfast: Authorised Edition
By (Author) John Buchan
Birlinn General
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
8th March 2018
Authorised Edition
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Espionage and spy thriller
War, combat and military adventure fiction
First World War fiction
Classic fiction: general and literary
823.912
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 130mm, Height 195mm, Spine 25mm
306g
Description
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.
Reviews
'Between Kipling and Fleming stands John Buchan, the father of the modern spy thriller'
-- Christopher HitchensAuthor Bio
John 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.
