Mr. Standfast

"What's doot, if you won't carry it to the other side of Hell? What's the use of yapping about your country if you're going to keep something back when she calls for it?" -John Buchan, Mr. Standfast Mr. Standfast (1919) by John Buchan is one of several novels featuring the adventures of Major-General Sir Richard Hannay. In this dramatic spy story, General Hannay is called out of retirement to track a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. Other books also available from this series are The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, and The Three Hostages.