Richard Hannay

John S. Blenkiron

Fellow agents and close friends, working together with deep mutual respect and camaraderie.

John S. Blenkiron

Fellow agents and close friends, working together with deep mutual respect and camaraderie.

Dedication

Commanding his battalion on the ugliest bit of front in the West.

Greenmantle

The protagonist and narrator, leading the mission to uncover the Greenmantle plot.

A Mission Is Proposed

The protagonist, a Major in the New Army, convalescing after Loos, who is recruited for a secret mission.

The Gathering of the Missionaries

Recruits Sandy Arbuthnot and meets John S. Blenkiron; plans the mission to Constantinople.

Peter Pienaar

Narrator and protagonist; travels to Lisbon under the alias Cornelis Brandt, reunites with Peter Pienaar, and briefs him on the mission.

Further Adventures of the Same

Narrates the chapter; visits a POW camp, secretly communicates with Dolly Riddell, and is later summoned by Stumm and Gaudian.

VI: The Indiscretions of the Same

Narrator and protagonist; fights Stumm and escapes the castle.

Christmastide

Flees Stumm's house, exchanges clothes with a drunken post-wagon driver, evades bicyclist sentries in a snowstorm, and collapses with fever at a cottage.

The Essen Barges

Protagonist; escapes Stumm's pursuit by bluffing his way onto the Essen barges as an engineer.

IX: The Return of the Straggler

Disguised as Cornelis Brandt, working as an engineer on a Danube riverboat; he orchestrates Peter's hiring.

X: The Garden-House of Suliman the Red

Narrator and protagonist; handles munitions delivery, refuses bribe, and discovers arrest warrant.

The Companions of the Rosy Hours

Narrator and protagonist; reflects on his fears of mob violence and the surreal danger of the Companions of the Rosy Hours; captured by Enver's bodyguards.

XII: Four Missionaries See Light in Their Mission

Narrator; experiences relief and confusion upon being rescued, then shares his discoveries about the Greenmantle plot.

I Move in Good Society

Disguised as Richard Hanau, an American engineer; enjoys his new freedom and plays his part at dinner with Enver Pasha.

XIV: The Lady of the Mantilla

Narrator and protagonist; grows restless and anxious about the mission, goes riding, and encounters Hilda von Einem.

An Embarrassed Toilet

Discovers the change in travel plans and confronts Rasta Bey, narrowly escaping exposure.

The Battered Caravanserai

Narrator and leader of the group; drives the stolen car and later crashes the Studebaker.

Trouble by the Waters of Babylon

Drives the car recklessly towards Erzerum, obsessed with finding the castrol from his dream; feels exhilarated by the sound of guns.

Sparrows on the Housetops

Leads the escape, burgles Stumm's room to steal the map, and studies the Erzerum defences.

XIX: Greenmantle

Coordinates the plan to get the map to the Russians and supports Sandy's return.

The Little Hill

Narrator and protagonist; endures anxious waiting, confronts von Einem, and leads the final stand at the castrol.

The Guns of the North

Narrator; wounded in the thigh by shell fragments; feels a sense of victory and thankfulness as the Russians break through.