![]() ![]() ![]() In her book The Man Who Was Greenmantle, Margaret FitzHerbert reports that, on learning of Herbert’s death in 1923, Buchan wrote to a friend “I drew Sandy in Greenmantle from him”. For example, the character of Sandy Arbuthnot was inspired by Aubrey Herbert. In between, during the first half of 1916, he worked on Greenmantle, his second novel featuring the character Richard Hannay.Ĭharacters and events in Greenmantle draw strongly on real life events. In June 1916 he was appointed Director of the Department of Information. In May 1915 he was there as a special correspondent for The Times and in October the same year, this time in uniform, as a Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps. I will be posting my review of the book later in the month.Īlthough Buchan did not see active military service in World War One, he visited the Western Front on a number of occasions. ![]() It is also an excuse to show off a picture of my 1950 Hodder & Stoughton edition of Greenmantle complete with dust jacket. What follows is an introduction to the book (no spoilers!). If you would like to read along with me you will be very welcome – leave a comment on this post or on my original challenge post. To find out more about the project and my reading list for 2018, click here. ![]() Greenmantle is the fourth book in my John Buchan reading project, Buchan of the Month. ![]()
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