Greenmantle by John Buchan (1916)

The novel is set during World War I, and Hannay is sent to Germany to investigate a mysterious figure known as "Greenmantle". He is aided by Sandy Arbuthnot, a British Muslim, and Peter Pienaar, a Boer. Hannay discovers that Greenmantle is a German agent who is attempting to stir up a Muslim revolt against the British in the Middle East. He and his companions travel through Germany and Turkey, narrowly escaping capture and death several times. Eventually, they discover that Greenmantle is a false identity assumed by a German nobleman, Baron von Stumm. Hannay and his companions manage to foil the plot and save the British Empire from disaster.

By John Buchan · First published 1916 · Genre: Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery · 22 chapters

Contents

• Chapter 1: A Mission is Proposed
• Chapter 2: The Gathering of the Missionaries
• Chapter 3: Peter Pienaar
• Chapter 4: Adventures of Two Dutchmen on the Loose
• Chapter 5: Further Adventures of the Same
• Chapter 6: The Indiscretions of the Same
• Chapter 7: Christmastide
• Chapter 8: The Essen Barges
• Chapter 9: The Return of the Straggler
• Chapter 10: The Garden-house of Suliman the Red
• Chapter 11: The Companions of the Rosy Hours We Battled to a Corner, Where a Jut of Building Stood Out Into the Street
• Chapter 12: Four Missionaries See Light in Their Mission
• Chapter 13: I Move in Good Society
• Chapter 14: The Lady of the Mantilla
• Chapter 15: An Embarrassed Toilet
• Chapter 16: The Battered Caravanserai
• Chapter 17: Trouble by the Waters of Babylon
• Chapter 18: Sparrows on the Housetops
• Chapter 19: Greenmantle
• Chapter 20: Peter Pienaar Goes to the Wars
• Chapter 21: The Little Hill
• Chapter 22: The Guns of the North

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• The Lemnian (1908)
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