The island of sheep
Buchan, John, 1875-19402010
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Total copies: 2
'The Island of Sheep' features the return of Richard Hannay (the hero of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps') from a comfortable retirement. He & his friends are hounded from England through the Scottish borders, where they turn at last to face the enemy. A long-forgotten promise made by Richard Hannay finds him honor-bound to resolve a violent vendetta in which the lives of a young father and his daughter are in danger from unscrupulous and desperate men. Hannay sets out on a high-octane chase from the rural tranquility of his English manor to the Scottish Borders and, ultimately, to Scandinavia. On the remote Island of Sheep, a final confrontation takes place and everything is decided-once and for all. This, the last of the Hannay adventures-and the last of Buchan's novels to be published during his lifetime-is a rare gem of high drama interwoven with Buchan's personal beliefs about the problems of a post-war world.
Main title:
The island of sheep / John Buchan ; introduced by Andrew Lownie.
Author:
Buchan, John, 1875-1940, author
Work:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Polygon, 2010.
Collation:
x, 242 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781846971563 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
LC class:
PR6003.U13
Language:
English
BRN:
316771