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The Three Hostages

By: John Buchan
Narrated by: Peter Joyce
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About this listen

Hannay to the rescue once more! This time...our hero is summoned from his tranquil life in rural Oxfordshire to save the world from a financial conspiracy which threatens the global economy. Hannay comes to believe that the villain behind all this must be Dominick Medina.

But can such a brilliant, charming idol of the nation be using Eastern magic to suborn industrialists, magnates and other such pillars of society as his slaves? Is Medina also capable of holding hostages as insurance against the failure of his dastardly schemes and to guarantee his escape from justice?

Infiltrating the organisation, Hannay befriends Medina and starts to investigate. His mission takes him from England to Norway and culminates in Scotland, where the protagonists stalk each other in a most thrilling chase and the outcome is death - but who will be the victor?

©2009 Assembled Stories (P)2009 Assembled Stories Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting

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Such a shame the narration let's down an excellent story. Sadly Buchan does not seem to merit quality narration or adaptation

Great story

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Very good but a bit slow in places. Set in an interesting time. Enjoyed ut.

EXCELLENT

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Love the traditional pro’s and sense of honour, with an unusually strong female character for the day.
Often claimed as a boy’s adventure author … I’m a lady in her 40’s and too enjoy his work. Clean, honourable fun and adventure.
Character References are stereotyped regarding classes and ‘foreigners’ from French to Arabs would not be acceptable for a current author (and rightly so on the whole), but this is a story of its time, written I believe by an honourable man of that time and class, and of historical value to understand the accepted ethical attitudes then.

Good traditional simple romping thriller for most ages.

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would if they liked boyish adventure or were interested in history or social history

What did you like best about this story?

It continues the adventures of Hannay and he has a realistic shaped life

Have you listened to any of Peter Joyce’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Peter Joyce plays it marvellously, his character is realistic and he hits the right tones for coin of phrase. I happily listened for hours at a time

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I had time yes

Any additional comments?

Loved it, not as thrilling as the others, but a good tale.

Interesting Stiry Line

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A ripping good yarn very much of its times. It also gives insight into what it was like to live in upper class society in those days. The description of life in the baronial Scottish Highlands was of particular interest as was his evident first hand knowledge of deer stalking, the terrain, the behaviour of deer and the Ghillies/ gamekeeper. Buchan was of course part of the politics of the day; he spent time as Gov Gen of Canada. From an ethical point of view loyalty and honour are considered an all or nothing qualities. In more recent adventure stories much is made of the moral weaknesses of both hero and villain.

Of its times

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