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Mr Standfast: A Richard Hannay Thriller
- Narrated by: Peter Joyce
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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Summary
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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-09-17
What a way to enjoy a book !
A great story with beautiful English and brilliantly narrated. Can't wait to listen to the next one.
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- Pamela
- 28-06-22
Great Adventure!
Wonderful gripping ripping adventure. Peter Joyce is an amazingly skilled and talented narrator. His range of accents is excellent.
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- S. F. Bond
- 16-04-21
Very enjoyable despite MISSING PASSAGE
Recommended!
However, narration abruptly interupted by missing passage which renders plot unintelligable at that point. see Audible chap 17 at 4 mins 38 secs where approx 500 words are missing.
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- MR
- 21-01-15
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enjoyable, about the right length and engaging throughout not the best of the Hannay books though
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- Dimps
- 17-05-22
One of Buchan's best!
I loved this book and became completely caught up in the story. I was fascinated by the inclusion of the RFC in the latter part of the book.
I am a great Buchan fan and always feel he writes with a great deal of first hand knowledge of the places and events he describes. If you enjoy Richard Hannay's adventures then do read this as it won't disappoint!
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- PGA Eyre
- 13-03-16
Brilliant -- but with blemishes
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Of course ! Any Buchan enthusiast -- as I am -- would enjoy this.
If you’ve listened to books by John Buchan before, how does this one compare?
All by the same reader, and this is just as good as the others.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
The opening scene in Fosse Manor with Mary Lamington's wonderful aunts.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Don't know what that phrase means.
Any additional comments?
Peter Joyce has the perfect voice, excellent elocution and is an expressive and most talented reader. But there are persistent mispronunciations of foreign words, place-names and ordinary words that were differently pronounced then. I do not remember the writer himself, but his world was completely familiar to me, and I certainly as an adult met his daughter Alice and his eldest son, and their speech reflected what I say. Just 1 example: in that era, the word "ate" was pronounced to rhyme with "et," not with "eight," and it is still always so pronounced by those of us that remember that era. But I still admire the reader, and, if I need to prove that, can say that I have bought his version of 7 Buchan novels !
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- Phillip Stephens
- 26-08-18
love this series
we read and a good wartime story line will read the remaining books in the Richard Hannah stories
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- CJ Greenwood
- 07-06-20
Excellent Narration and Vocalisation of à Timeless Classic
John Buchan is able to capture the depth of detail and character required, in order to truly captivate the reader
Peter Joyce’s enviable skill at accents, dialects, and pronunciation, are superbly employed in the production of this book
My only disappointment, has been missing sections of narrative, when the recording has skipped over certain passages
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- m.l.holroyd
- 26-05-23
MrStandfast , one of John Buchan’s best works
What a riveting tale . The characters attracted sympathy and the events brought to life the horrors of war.
The narrator’s voice was compelling and perfect for the era represented .
I have read nearly all John Buchan’s work, and this is one of the best.
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- wj
- 09-12-20
Great story - a ripping yarn!
Great story maybe better than 39 steps thoroughly engrossing and very much of its time.
Would have been 5 star for performance except for the Scottish accent which made me cringe otherwise very well read and delivered.
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