The Island of Sheep
John Buchan
This is the last of Buchan’s ‘Richard Hannay’ novels. It’s cast of Characters, in addition to Hannay himself, includes from earlier novels, Sandy Clanroyden and the villain D’Invraville. Buchan also introduces a merchant banker ‘Lombard’ and Hannay’s son Peter John. The action takes place in England, Scotland and the ‘Norland’ Islands, (presumably the Faroes) where a neurotic Norland millionaire who has a claim on Hannay’s protection and owns an island is under attack.Even the Buchan Society (http://www.johnbuchansociety.co.uk) concede that this is not one of his best novels ‘occasionally charming and amusing, but no more’ but it is a perfectly good read and those who like Buchan’s style will enjoy having the series properly rounded off.The title was previously used by Buchan for a political novel, never reprinted and now very rare. (Summary by AJM)
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Chapters
| Lost Gods | 16:15 |
| Hanham Flats | 31:34 |
| The Tablet of Jade | 24:51 |
| Haraldsen | 48:41 |
| Haraldsen's Son | 32:10 |
| Sundry Doings at Fosse | 38:32 |
| Lord Clanroyden Intervenes | 30:13 |
| Sanctuary | 38:31 |
| Lochinvar | 38:04 |
| We Shift Our Base | 31:57 |
| Hulda's Folk | 43:02 |
| Marine Biology | 34:31 |
| The Way of the Pink-Foot | 30:58 |
| Transformation by Fire | 44:27 |
| The Riddle of the Tablet | 15:17 |
Reviews
what a fantastic Adventure!
Ameyer99
this book is amazing I believe it is the last of the Richard hannay series and I have to say I love Andy Minter may he rest in peace he was one of the very best narrators LibriVox ever had and I love listening to every single thing he narrated
Great.. but incomplete!
Hannah Martinez
Amazing story and narration! Somehow, the chapters from 10 on (chapter 10 has the title of chapter 11, and so on to the end) got off and the last chapter is missing! This is a link where you should be able to read it: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301551h.html October, 2024 U.S.A.
Great story
Shirley
Great story with a great reader. Some of the accents were a little hard to understand, but you can get the gist of what the character is saying. I think this would be a good story for kids. Thank you.
One of my favorite readers
Ms. Elizabeth
2018 - there's dialect and words I did not understand, I will have listen again and do some research. Good do have Hanley and Sandy back in a story again.
A LibriVox Listener
I know the book well and enjoyed listening to it until I realized that the final chapter (XVI) is missing! How could this be? It's most frustrating.
Great story Well read
BBH
Excellent and fun story by John Buchan. Superbly read but is missing the last chapter.
A LibriVox Listener
The final chapter is missing. The recording just repeats the chapter 15. Disappointing, enjoyed the book until then .
the island of the sheep
Pete
What happened to the last chapter? Very disappointing .