In this, his final adventure, Buchan's hero Richard Hannay becomes embroiled in one of the most hazardous escapades of his life. Two men are honour bound to help the tormented Valdemar Haraldsen, and a third decides to mastermind the whole affair out o-f sheer love of adventure and a dislike of villains. In the final event, the fate of Haraldsen and his three redoubtable defenders rests on the undaunted bravery of two children. Buchan is one of the best-loved story-tellers of histime, and this thriller reflects a fundamental faith in the magnanimity of human nature that is both inspiring and refreshing.

  The Island of Sheep, like Buchan"s first novel, Prester John, which he claims to have written for boys, is a thriller that will appeal to the young as much as it will to anyone with a love of adventure.Set in three main locations, Gloucestershire, Scodand and the Scandinavian "Island of Sheep", with occasional scenes taking place in London, the action of the novel centres around the now middle aged Sir Richard Hannay who leads an idyllic life with a considerable amount of leisure on his Gloucestershire estate.Hannay occasionally fears that life is too comfortable and that he is in danger of becoming staid. A chance meeting with an old friend, Lombard, a one-time companion in high adventure who has changed almost beyond recognition exacerbates the feeling, but curiously, it is Lombard who leads Hannay into thrilling and dangerous action. Some thirty years earlier, both men had sworn to uphold the cause of a man named Haraldsen, and now it is the dead Haraldsen"s son who needs help. The plan to rid Haraldsen forever of his tormentors is masterminded by another redoubtable friend,Sandy, Lord Clanroyden,but it is Hannay"s son, Peter John, and Haraldsen"s daughter Anna who are the real heroes of the piece.

      PART I

      Fosse

LOST GODS

HANHAM FLATS

THE TABLET OF JADE

HARALDSEN

HARALDSEN"S SON

SUNDRY DOINGS AT FOSSE

LORD CLANROYDEN INTERVENES

       PART II

       Laverlaw

SANCTVARY

LOCHINVAR

THE DOG SAMR

WF SHIFT OUR BASE

       PART Ⅲ

       The Island of Sheep

HULDA"S FOLK

MARINE BIOLOGY

THE WAYS OF THE PINK-FOOT

TRANSFORMATION BY FIRE

THE RIDDLE OF THE TABLET