THE MAN FROM THE NORLANDS

The Island of Sheep (1936) is John Buchan's last thriller, featuring the return of Richard Hannay, the hero of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', 'Greenmantle', 'Mr Standfast 'and 'The Three Hostages' , from a comfortable retirement. Hannay redeems his promise to protect the son of an old acquaintance from a sinister conspiracy, and the action moves rapidly from England through the Scottish Borders to the Island of Sheep in the remote Norlands, where Hannay and his friends turn at last to confront their enemy