# Greenmantle — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Greenmantle by John Buchan.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the tale to Caroline Grosvenor, explaining that it was written in odd moments during an active year and that the war has made even the most improbable events seem realistic. He notes that the charact
- [Greenmantle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/greenmantle.md): Hannay, Blenkiron, and Sandy reunite in Constantinople and learn of the mysterious figure Greenmantle, a prophet who could rally the Muslim world for Germany. They journey to Erzerum, where they encounter the dangerous H
- [A Mission Is Proposed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/i-a-mission-is-proposed.md): Major Richard Hannay, convalescing after the Battle of Loos, is summoned to London by Sir Walter Bullivant of the Foreign Office. Sir Walter reveals a German plot to incite a Muslim holy war by sending a mysterious 'star
- [The Gathering of the Missionaries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/ii-the-gathering-of-the-missionaries.md): Hannay meets the American John S. Blenkiron, a self-described 'benevolent neutral' who is eager to help the Allied cause despite official American neutrality. Blenkiron outlines his plan to travel through Germany openly,
- [Peter Pienaar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/iii-peter-pienaar.md): Hannay recounts the departure of his fellow agents, Sandy and Blenkiron, and his own journey to Lisbon under the alias Cornelis Brandt. There he reunites with his old friend Peter Pienaar, a seasoned hunter and former Bo

> 19 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=greenmantle_se_944kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Further Adventures of the Same](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/v-further-adventures-of-the-same.md)
- [VI: The Indiscretions of the Same](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/vi-the-indiscretions-of-the-same.md)
- [Christmastide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/vii-christmastide.md)
- [The Essen Barges](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/viii-the-essen-barges.md)
- [IX: The Return of the Straggler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/ix-the-return-of-the-straggler.md)
- [X: The Garden-House of Suliman the Red](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/x-the-garden-house-of-suliman-the-red.md)
- [The Companions of the Rosy Hours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xi-the-companions-of-the-rosy-hours.md)
- [XII: Four Missionaries See Light in Their Mission](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xii-four-missionaries-see-light-in-their-mission.md)
- [I Move in Good Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xiii-i-move-in-good-society.md)
- [XIV: The Lady of the Mantilla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xiv-the-lady-of-the-mantilla.md)
- [An Embarrassed Toilet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xv-an-embarrassed-toilet.md)
- [The Battered Caravanserai](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xvi-the-battered-caravanserai.md)
- [Trouble by the Waters of Babylon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xvii-trouble-by-the-waters-of-babylon.md)
- [Sparrows on the Housetops](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xviii-sparrows-on-the-housetops.md)
- [XIX: Greenmantle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xix-greenmantle.md)
- [XX: Peter Pienaar Goes to the Wars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xx-peter-pienaar-goes-to-the-wars.md)
- [The Little Hill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xxi-the-little-hill.md)
- [The Guns of the North](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/xxii-the-guns-of-the-north.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greenmantle_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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