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Greenmantle

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Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately before the war started. - Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet up with his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war, climaxing at the battle of Erzurum. (Summary from Wikipedia) (9 hr 9 min)

Chapters

Author's Preface & A Mission is Proposed

22:27

Read by RedToby

The Gathering of the Missionaries

31:02

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Peter Pienaar

23:18

Read by RedToby

Adventures of Two Dutchmen on the Loose

27:16

Read by RedToby

Further Adventures of the Same

26:44

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The Indiscretions of the Same

30:34

Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz

Christmastide

26:13

Read by Vivian Bush

The Essen Barges

20:43

Read by Vivian Bush

The Return of the Straggler

25:49

Read by Nichole Karl

The Garden-House of Suliman the Red

18:46

Read by Vivian Bush

The Companions of the Rosy Hours

23:42

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Four Missionaries See Light in Their Mission

19:34

Read by Vivian Bush

I Move in Good Society

24:53

Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz

The Lady of the Mantilla

22:14

Read by Missie

An Embarrassed Toilet

25:23

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The Battered Caravanserai

22:31

Read by Missie

Trouble By the Waters of Babylon

21:12

Read by Missie

Sparrows on the Housetops

21:24

Read by Vivian Bush

Greenmantle

26:08

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

Peter Pienaar Goes to the Wars

31:13

Read by Nichole Karl

The Little Hill

33:39

Read by Nichole Karl

The Guns of the North

25:03

Read by Laurie Anne Walden

Bewertungen

Free Audio, Review

(4 Sterne)

Up front I have to admit to being a "Hannay" fan. I loved "The 39 Steps" in both film and audio versions. I even lapped up the BBC "Hannay" television series, sadly short lived. So when I spotted Greenmantle on Librivox I downloaded it immediately. I was not disapointed. The story is action packed, the advetures of the herioc and honourable Hannay are engaging, if not downright enthralling. The phrasing and terminology in the text is extreemly evocative of the period and sets the perfect tone to what is now a "period" story. From the very beginning you know your into a great spy thriller and if thats your thing, you'll enjoy this story. Reading = 2/3 Production = 2/3 Story = 3/3 Total = 7/9 Read all of my reviews over at http://freeaudioreview.blogspot.com

(4 Sterne)

Richard Hannay, his comrades & their enemies are great characters & the story is a good old fashioned romp. You must bear in mind the era in which it was written tbough. The narration was poor in places, hence only 4 stars overall, although most were good.

(2 Sterne)

if some of the female readers had enough volume to hear, could properly pronounce words and didn't have accents making them impossible to understand it would have been a 5 star story

Poor Narration

(2 Sterne)

Nowhere near as enjoyable to listen to as 39 Steps. The narrators were difficult to understand and often had poor reading skills.

Greenmantle

(4 Sterne)

Great story. we enjoyed every chapter. some of the readers were hard to hear, but the story kept us interested

Good sequel

(5 Sterne)

Really enjoyed the book. It was a little distracting having the reader change with nearly every chapter.

(4 Sterne)

Some of the audio quality on a few chapters is fairly poor, background noise or poor recording equipment.

(4 Sterne)

The readers were generally good. The story perhaps less so. Certainly not as good as The Thirty-Nine Steps.