Mr Standfast: A Richard Hannay Thriller

By: John Buchan

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Once again Brigadier General Hannay is taken from the trenches of the front line to save his country on a desperate mission. This time he must find the genius behind a vast network of spies infiltrating English pacifists and conscientious objectors. Hannay finds the man only to have him evade capture at the last moment. However, this is only the beginning of a thrilling adventure which takes him back to Scotland for more exploits in the manner of The Thirty Nine Steps, to France again and on to Switzerland, pitting his wits against the mastermind behind the sinister organisation ‘the wild birds’.

All his old friends are with him and our hero has to convince Bullivant, Blenkiron, Peter Pienaar, and the love of his life, Mary Lamington, that he would recognise the chameleon like villain again who must be hunted down and destroyed to avoid defeat of the Allies. The riveting tale contains some chilling descriptions of ‘modern warfare’; the new weapon, gas; and comes to a climax with the brave antics of that new breed of men, the Royal Flying Corps.

©2008 John Buchan (P)2008 Assembled Stories

Critic reviews

"Peter Joyce is the most remarkable one-man band in audiobook publishing. Joyce, an experienced actor, reads them all himself." ( The Independent)

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Great story but part missing

I love this book and this narrator, but there seems to be part of the story spliced out around 4.5 minutes in chapter 17. It bothers me enough that I’m buying another audiobook to replace this one.

John Buchan doesn't disappoint

I really love the adventure and the intrigue of a John Buchan book. I see some with five stars, some with four, but so far all the three I've listened to deserve five stars. I just love the listen.

A Wonderful Story!

John Buchan is a great author! Thanks Audible for a great several hours. The reader Peter Joyce did a superb job. Please keep more Buchan books coming and have Peter Joyce read them! The adventures of Dickson McCunn for example. Thanks

Awesome

Fantastic narration and story! John Buchan is the original thriller writer and still the best.

Simply the best!

no better spy novels out there. love the era. the writing is exquisite. narrator is a true master.