A review by veniasum
Greenmantle by John Buchan

5.0

I listened to both this and The Thirty-Nine Steps on audiobook (from librivox.org, for free, and decent readings they were, although the fact that Greenmantle switched readers often was a little distracting). Perfect listening for doing projects. Not great literature, exactly, but in the category of pure fun adventure stories, definitely five stars. The plots are far-fetched (but like the miracles, isn't that the point?), the character development is good, and description and narrative tone are consistently convincing.

Greenmantle also takes place primarily in Constantinople and other parts of Turkey where I have been, which is a particular personal pleasure.