The Island of Sheep

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name = The Island of Sheep
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author = John Buchan
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country = Scotland, England
language = English
series = Richard Hannay
genre = Thriller
publisher = Hodder & Stoughton
release_date = 1936
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
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isbn = NA
preceded_by = The Three Hostages/(The Courts of the Morning)
followed_by = (Last in series)

"The Island of Sheep" (1936) is a novel by John Buchan. It is part of the series featuring Richard Hannay and Sandy Arbuthnot.

Plot summary

The action occurs some twelve years later on from the last novel, when Hannay, now in his fifties, is called by an old oath to protect the son of a man he once knew, who is also heir to the secret of the greatest treasure on earth. He obtains help from Sandy Arbuthnot, now Lord Clanroyden and Lombard. The action takes place in England, Scotland and on the Island of Sheep, in the Faroe Islands. There are several stereotypical villains and the book also focuses on Hannay's son, Peter John, now a bright but solemn teenager.

Characters

*Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE
*Colonel Sandy Arbuthnot, Lord Clanroyden
*Mr Lombard, a merchant banker
*Marius Eliaser Hareldsen, father of
*Valdemar Hareldsen, father of
*Anna Hareldsen, a schoolgirl
*Geordie Hamilton
*Miss Lydia Ludlow, an actress
*Jacques D'Ingreville
*Lancelot Troth, a solicitor
*Erick Albinus, a Dane
*Joseph Bannatyne Barralty, a stockbroker
*Frankie Varrinder
*Carreras, a Spaniard
*Martel, a Belgian