Greenmantle: Authorised Edition

ISBN-13: 9781846971976 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 352 str.

John Buchan

Opis

Richard Hannay is tasked to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world and takes off on a hair-raising journey through German-occupied Europe to meet up with his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot in Constantinople, where they must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war. In "Greenmantle" John Buchan clearly asserts his mastery of the genre of theespionage thriller, by drawing on his wide first-hand knowledge of the worlds of politics and secret intelligence.Set during World War I, "Greenmantle" is a powerful meditation on the power of political Islam."