Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
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"Mr. Standfast" by John Buchan is a novel published in 1919. Brigadier-General Richard Hannay is pulled from the Western Front for a dangerous secret mission: hunting a German spy network operating in Britain. Disguised as a pacifist, he must work undercover to track enemy agents across the country and into the Swiss Alps. With coded messages hidden in "Pilgrim's Progress" and allies in unexpected places, Hannay faces his most complex assignment yet—one
that could determine the fate of Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Buchan, John, 1875-1940 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mr. Standfast |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Standfast |
| Note | follows 39 Steps and Greenmantle |
| Credits | Produced by Jo Churcher. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction |
| Subject | War stories |
| Subject | Spy stories |
| Subject | Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 560 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-00560-7 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Aug 16, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2958 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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