John Buchan

Greenmantle Annotated and Illustrated Edition by John Buchan

Hannay is joined in his adventure by three friends: Sandy Arbuthnot, a dashing hero who is blood brother to half the tribes of bedouin and gypsies throughout the Middle East ('He rode through Yemen, which no white man ever did before.'); Peter Pienaar, a grizzled old big game hunter friend of Hannay's from South Africa; John S. Blenkiron, a tubby and extremely knowledgeable American on our side. Sir Walter Bullivant, the senior intelligence man who came to Hannay's aid in the Steps, now informs them there is a dastardly German plot to cause a muslim uprising against the British in the Middle East and beyond, down the east coast of Africa. Our heroes are tasked with finding out who's organising it and stopping it.