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  • The Island of Sheep

  • A Richard Hannay Thriller, Book 5
  • By: John Buchan
  • Narrated by: Peter Joyce
  • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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By: John Buchan
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The last of John Buchan’s thrillers and the final appearance of Richard Hannay, now in retirement reverie deep in the comfortable Cotswolds.

However, he and Sandy [Lord Clanroyden] are roused to action once more to help the son of a recently deceased treasure hunter, called Haraldsen. The heir is receiving threats from Lancelot Troth, a man who believes himself ill treated financially by Haraldsen’s father and seeks revenge and reparation. The mission is complicated when the villain is aided by accomplices prepared to use extortion and child kidnap to achieve their aims.

The action moves from Norfolk to the Scottish Borders and on to the Norlands where the conspirators are finally confronted in a thrilling climax with Hannay’s son and Haraldsen’s daughter involved in the resolution.

Beautiful descriptive passages written by a man obviously at home in the natural world and some philosophic reflections about finding personal peace and contentment make this a fitting end to both Buchan’s important contribution to the genre and the history of Brigadier General Richard Hannay-a man of his time but with an everlasting popularity.

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"Peter Joyce is the most remarkable one-man band in audiobook publishing. Joyce, an experienced actor, reads them all himself." ( The Independent)

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John Buchan - The island of sheep

The last in the Hannay series it takes place around 15 years after the events in the previous book "The three hostages".
Well constructed: a slow build to an exciting climax in the wilds of islands belonging to Denmark.
Given it was written in the mid-1930s, therefore you allow for the archaic language and attitudes, it's still a cracking tale; a real Ripping Yarn without Gerald Winfrey ("Truth be told, I was jolly fed up with being a hero").

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