![]() Indeed, shortly afterwards Hannay does give some voice to the disillusionment with war that had begun to set in: “his isn’t just the kind of war I would have picked myself. Hannay reflects with pride and enthusiasm on the Western Front, reminding us that this book was written relatively early in the war, just before the glorification of the wartime experience became very difficult. No less a work than the film Casablanca (1942), for example, was conceived as propaganda.Īt the beginning of Greenmantle, Hannay has returned from a stint as an officer in the trenches, where he took his soldiers over the top on a “glorious and bloody 25 th day of September” (Buchan, Greenmantle, Penguin, 2008, 1). It was, in short, intended partially as propaganda. Buchan saw the writing of the book as part of his contribution to the war effort. Greenmantle was published during World War I, and is set in that conflict. Thus it has become far less known and less read than its predecessor, though it is certainly a fine read in itself. Hitchcock wanted to direct Greenmantle, too, but couldn’t agree terms with the copyright holders. ![]() ![]() He also wrote several other popular novels, one of the most popular being Greenmantle(1916), which was the sequel to Steps, featuring the same protagonist, Richard Hannay. John Buchan is best known today for his spy novel (in terms of length more of a novella) The 39 Steps (1915), or perhaps it would be more accurate to say he is remembered for authoring the source novel to Hitchcock’s famous film The 39 Steps (1939). ![]()
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