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The Island of Sheep is a 1936 novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, the last of his novels to focus on his characters Richard Hannay and Sandy Arbuthnot. It was published in the United States under the title The Man from the Norlands. The action occurs twelve years later on from the last novel, when Hannay, now in his fifties, is called by an old oath to protect the son of a man he once knew, who is also heir to the secret of a great treasure.

The Island of Sheep (1936) is a novel by John Buchan. It is the last of his novels to revolve around Richard Hannay and Sandy Arbuthnot. He obtains help from Sandy The Island of Sheep (1936) is a novel by John Buchan. After first, The Island Of Sheep takes off quite slowly. There's certainly not as much action in this book as in Buchan's previous Hannay novels, but this is partially made-up for in the final few chapters.

Book: The Island of Sheep Author: John Buchan. Format: Global Grey free PDF, epub, Kindle ebook Pages (PDF): 222 Publication Date: 1936. Download PDF Download ePub Download Kindle. In this, his final adventure, Buchan's hero Richard Hannay becomes embroiled in one of the most hazardous escapades of his life. Two men are honour bound to help the tormented Valdemar Haraldsen, and a third decides to mastermind the whole affair out of a sheer love of adventure and a dislike of villains. A long-forgotten promise made by Richard Hannay finds him honor-bound to resolve a violent vendetta in which the lives of a young father and his daughter are in danger from unscrupulous and desperate men.

Book title: The Island of Sheep. Author/s: Buchan, John. Category: Thriller and Mistery.

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The Island of the title is situated somewhere North of Scotland. Probably based on an island in the Faroes, its isolation is a relevant factor in the plot. The story starts with a Buchan coincidence: he meets a man he has not seen for 20 years, Lombard. Hannay later relates the circumstances of an incident in South Africa when they had saved a man’s life (Haraldsen) from business rivals. They swore to protect his heirs in the future. The showdown throws an interesting sidelight on the attitudes still prevailing at the time the book was written. Buchan seems in no doubt that Hannay and his colleagues are fully entitled to defend the Island by arms, and that any inquiry into any deaths resulting will exonerate those gentlemen of good social standing. Modern tastes will probably find it difficult to equate the professed love of wildlife with the rich man’s hobby of shooting it.

0 5 Author: John Buchan. I have never believed, as some people do, in I omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunderstorm. But I have observed that in a queer way I have been sometimes prepared for them by my mind drifting into an unexpected mood. I would remember something I had not thought of for years, or start without reason an unusual line of thought. That was what happened to me on an October evening when I got into the train at Victoria . Read and listen to as many books as you like! Download books offline, listen to several books simultaneously, switch to kids mode, or try out a book that you never thought you would. Discover the best book experience you'd ever have.

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Reviews: 7

olgasmile

The final adventure starring Richard Hannay of The Thirty-Nine Steps fame, The Island of Sheep in many ways picks up where The Three Hostages left off. Hannay, unsettled by what the author John Buchan views as soft living, is pulled into danger's path by the igniting of a historic feud and the resurrection of an old pact. This novel contains what all of Buchan's yarns contain: peril, action, heroism, dastardly villains, powerful manly friendships, a hint of romance, references to the classics, British pluck in the face of danger, can-do youngsters, picturesque country folk…Buchan has a good thing going and enough sense to repeat it. More so than the other Hannay stories, this tale reveals a strong Nordicism in Buchan's outlook, interweaving details from Norse sagas as plot symbols to be explicitly interpreted by the central characters and featuring a neo-Viking who awakens from the diseased slumber of civilization to rekindle the inner fires of glory of a time when men were men. Buchan is no master wordsmith or formidable intellectual, but the lack of these (rare) qualities do not make Buchan's books any less successful as stories, nor do they diminish the value of the didactic element of his fiction.

I am steadily becoming a cheerleader of Wordsworth Classics, which combine an incredibly low price with curation of the highest quality. The front and back covers are quite suitable and the introduction, though short, is spot on. Would this book have been improved with textual notes of the thoroughness of an Oxford or Penguin edition? I suspect not; Buchan is best read for pleasure first and dissection third, if ever. (Instruction, of course, is the second purpose.)

As a 'first-rate second-tier author' generally, Buchan is by no means at the ebb of his authorial powers in The Island of Sheep. Devotees of Buchan; enjoyers of Haggard, Kipling, and Stevenson; readers who sigh at the current paucity of British vigor in modern life - give this one a look.

Kulalbine

Richard Hannay and his doughty friends, including our hero's young son, take on bad men on a remote island off the Scandinavian coast (presumably the Faroe Islands)in this most readable adventure story. Buchan's stories are not complex; right is right and wrong is wrong. His writing, though, is quite poetic as he describes the Border Country of Scotland or the sea, and his stories always end with the reader's regret that the adventure is finished. His son, Peter John, is a teen-ager with interests in nature and living creatures that suggest the potential for a virtuous and productive manhood in the natural sciences. Unfortunately, this is the last of the Ricard Hannay series. Buchan died four years after writing The Island of Sheep, and his duties as Governor-General of Canada in the interim limited his writing output.

In an era of moral relativism, it is refreshing to read Buchan's stories, with their hero who doubts not the nobility of his cause.

Dagdalas

Buchan was a very good writer who knew how to tell a story. Having said that, One should know that he was a man of the late 19th century and had all of that centuriy's views about people. It can be read as a "politically incorect" work or as a history lesson. I prefer the latter.. This book, like all of Buchan's Hannay books, tells me about the period in which it takes place while giving me a great adventure to be a part of. Social history while being entertained. How enlightening is that.

Bralore

I enjoyed this, as I have other books by John Buchan. But brcause I have visited both the Orkneys and the Faroes, I particularly enjoyed the islands where the final "act" of the drama played out as the Faroes in disguise 8-)

lubov

Each of these stories in this series somehow exceeds the previous great story, sure not to disappoint any worthy reader

Fararala

It would be good for children because of the children's heroic role, but the background seems a little complicated for children to understand. It is readable and interesting to adults, but not a page turner.

Steelcaster

Richard Hannay wrote a good yarn. I enjoyed this one. Good escapist stuff, does not require a lot of concentration.

Everyone knows about The 39 Steps but the John Hannay series is more than that. A real boys ( or girls) own read, relevant to day because it reflects good versus evil and is very well written. I am so glad I rediscovered this author

What's In Your Name by Clifford W. Cheasley

What's In Your Name

Clifford W. Cheasley

Author:	John Buchan
ISBN13:	978-0091220907
Title:	The Island of Sheep
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Language:	English
Category:	Contemporary
Publisher:	Hutchinson (1974)
Pages:	318