{"product_id":"mr-standfast-hardcover-1","title":"Mr. Standfast: A Classic British Spy Thriller - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Buchan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Hannay returns in one of John Buchan's finest espionage adventures, combining wartime suspense, secret intelligence, dangerous conspiracies, and relentless pursuit across the landscape of the First World War.\u003c\/strong\u003e In \u003cem\u003eMr. Standfast\u003c\/em\u003e, Hannay is drawn into a deadly mission to uncover enemy agents operating within Britain while pursuing a mysterious and elusive German mastermind whose activities threaten the Allied war effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1919, the novel continues Buchan's celebrated Hannay series following \u003cem\u003eThe Thirty-Nine Steps\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGreenmantle\u003c\/em\u003e. Blending espionage, military adventure, political intrigue, coded identities, and psychological tension, Buchan helped establish many of the foundations of the modern spy thriller decades before the rise of writers such as Ian Fleming and John le Carré.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the uncertainty and exhaustion of wartime Europe, \u003cem\u003eMr. Standfast\u003c\/em\u003e combines fast-paced storytelling with atmospheric settings, memorable villains, narrow escapes, and the growing sophistication of intelligence operations during modern warfare. Richard Hannay remains one of the great adventure protagonists of early twentieth-century fiction: resourceful, resilient, patriotic, and capable of navigating both physical danger and complex political deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as one of the classics of British espionage fiction, \u003cem\u003eMr. Standfast\u003c\/em\u003e captures both the excitement and the anxiety of a world transformed by global conflict and modern intelligence warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeal for readers of classic spy fiction, wartime thrillers, British adventure novels, espionage literature, historical suspense, and early twentieth-century fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45168849256587,"sku":"9781515428213","price":68.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/iBYJ8fjTkI9781515428213.webp?v=1783257218","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/mr-standfast-hardcover-1","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}