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Greenmantle By John Buchan It is November 1915, in the midst of World War I, and Richard Hannay and his friend Sandy are convalescing from wounds received at the Battle of Loos. Hannay is summoned to the Foreign Office by Sir Walter Bullivan. He outlines the political situation in the Middle East. It appears German and Turkish allies are plotting to throw the Middle East, India and North Africa into turmoil. Hannay undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to Constantinople. Once there, he must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war. TITLE: Greenmantle AUTHOR: John Buchan PUBLISHER: Smoking Gun Mystery Books

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About the Author Scottish novelist John Buchan (1875 -1940) was a historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began both his writing career and his political and diplomatic career, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in Southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in the First World War. In 1927, Buchan was elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, but he spent most of his time on his writing, notably The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction. In 1935 he was appointed Governor General of Canada by King George V, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada. He occupied the post until his death in 1940. Buchan proved to be enthusiastic about literacy, as well as the evolution of Canadian culture, and he received a state funeral in Canada before his ashes were returned to the United Kingdom.

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