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  • Mr Standfast: A Richard Hannay Thriller

  • By: John Buchan
  • Narrated by: Peter Joyce
  • Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (112 ratings)
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Mr Standfast: A Richard Hannay Thriller

By: John Buchan
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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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"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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Faulty

There is a fault in this recording. At 04:45 into Audible chapter 17 out of 67 the recording suddenly jumps mid-sentence. Compared with the printed book this means that the whole ending of chapter 5 is lost and the narrative begins abruptly again mid-sentence in Chapter 6 (The Skirts of the Coolin).

The narration is good. The story a bit tedious.

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Faulty recording

This is an exciting novel, very well read for the most part.

The narrative is swift moving in places but unfortunately there is a sudden hiatus at 3 hours 07.54. We don't get to hear how he gets away with it when taken home (arrested) by Colonel Broadberry.

Otherwise it is a great adventure.

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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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As good as any Bond story.

It's easy to see where where Ian Fleming got his inspiration from for the Bond books. Mr Standfast, written decades before Bond, has everything, a rollicking story that travels the breadth of Europe, mystery and intrigue amongst the great powers, a mad dash across the Alps, an evil villain and a love interest.
For me, this is the best and most exciting of the first three Richard Hannay novels.

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Great adventure

Really enjoyed this. Yes it's packed with corny coincidences and sometimes the plot is a bit thin, but it's terrific boys own type heroic adventure. You get to know and love the characters. Listen to The 39 steps and Greenmantle first, as this sort of carries on from those.

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Several pages missing!

In what audible calls chapter 17, ( Chapter 5 of the book) the recording suddenly jumps several pages midway through a sentence! Lucky I have the ebook so was able to catch up but it's really very poor.

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Missing audio

The missing part is really annoying if you don't already know the story. Otherwise, great.

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  • 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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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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thrilling narrative

loved it. wow what a writer. even though language not modern still I am captured

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