• 导读
  • Mr. Standfast is the third Richard Hannay book by John Buchan, first published in 1919. It is the successor to The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle. Set in the later years of World War I, Brigadier Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front to undertake a secret mission hunting for a dangerous German agent in Britain.

  • 内容简介
  • 《顽固先生》是约翰·巴肯的另一部关于理査德·汉纳系列书。背景依然是一战。故事主要讲述了汉内被从西部前线召回,担任一项秘密任务,调查出在英国的以为德国特工的具体信息。

    Mr. Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1919 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Greenmantle (1916); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately before the war started.The title refers to a character in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, to which there are many other references in the novel; Hannay uses a copy of Pilgrim's Progress to decipher coded messages from his contacts, and letters from his friend Peter Pienaar.

  • 作者简介
  • 约翰·巴肯(1875-1941),苏格兰外交官,律师、记者、学者、诗人、小说家,最著名的作品是小说《三十九级台阶》和《绿色斗篷》。这两部小说均以一战为背景,描写了平民主人公理査德·汉内频繁卷入间谍战,最后延缓一战爆发的故事。

    John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875—11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 16th since Canadian Confederation.

  • 目录
    • PART I
    • PART II