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Hannay and had
David Hannay, the author of the biography on the Comte de Guichen in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica stated that throughout all this campaign Guichen had shown himself very skilful in handling a fleet, and if he had not gained any marked success, he had prevented the British admiral from doing any harm to the French islands in the Antilles.
The 1973 BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero had Christopher Cazenove playing Hannay in a scene from Mr. Standfast, as well as a number of other such heroic characters, including Beau Geste, Bulldog Drummond and James Bond.
As revealed through the various novels, Richard Hannay was born in Scotland about 1877 ; his father was Scottish and had German business partners.
Soon after the war ended, Hannay married Mary Lamington and the following year they had a son, Peter John Hannay.
At Fosse, he meets two middle-aged spinsters, their cousin Launcelot Wake, a conscientious objector, and their niece Mary Lamington, a girl whose prettiness had struck Hannay earlier, while visiting a shell-shocked friend in the hospital where she works.
He arrives in London in the midst of an air raid ; in a tube station he sees Ivery, the spymaster's guard down in fear, and Hannay finally recognises him as one of the " Black Stone " men he had tangled with in The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Hamilton reports having seen Gresson in a party of touring visitors, and Hannay learns he had stayed behind in a small village for a time ; he later hears a story of mysterious goings-on at a chateau near the same village.
He arrives at the house, and staggers in, to see von Schwabing gloating over Blenkiron, who appears to have walked into the same trap Hannay had the night before.
On the field the squad was bolstered by news that eight players had been granted visas just a week before the clubs top-flight début as NL1 Grand Finalists Tony Duggan, Josh Hannay, Mark Dalle Cort, Damien Quinn, Jace Van Dijk, Darren Mapp and new signings Australian Ryan O ' Hara and Papua New Guinean Jason Chan flew to Wales.

Hannay and appeared
His characterisation did indeed prove to be enduring, as almost ten years later a television series entitled simply Hannay appeared with Powell back in the role, ( although the Buchan short stories on which the series was based were set in an earlier period than The Thirty-Nine Steps ).

Hannay and Thirty
In 1978, Powell took the leading role of Richard Hannay in the third film version of The Thirty Nine Steps.
Richard Hannay has been portrayed on screen in four versions of The Thirty Nine Steps by Robert Donat, Kenneth More, Robert Powell and Rupert Penry-Jones ( in a 2008 BBC production ), while Powell reprised the role for the ITV series Hannay ( 1988 – 1989 ).

Hannay and Steps
His notable novels are The Thirty-nine Steps ( 1915 ), Greenmantle ( 1916 ) and sequels, all featuring the heroic Scotsman Richard Hannay.
In 1935, Buchan's literary work was adapted to the cinematic theatre with the completion of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, starring Robert Donat as Richard Hannay, though with Buchan's story much altered.
Richard Hannay flees London to lie low in Galloway in John Buchan's novel The Thirty-nine Steps.
* The Thirty-Nine Steps ( 1959 ) as Richard Hannay
It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast ( 1919 ); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps ( 1915 ), is set in the period immediately preceding the war.
Hannay is summoned to the Foreign Office by Sir Walter Bullivant, a senior intelligence man, who Hannay met and assisted in The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Orson Welles portrayed Hannay in a radio play of The Thirty-Nine Steps in 1938, as did Glenn Ford in 1948 on Suspense, Herbert Marshall on Studio One in 1952 and David Robb in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast and The Three Hostages.
The First World War broke out eight weeks after the events of The Thirty-Nine Steps and Hannay immediately joined the New Army as a captain.
Greenmantle, the sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps begins in early 1916, with Hannay in Hampshire where he has arrived to convalesce after Loos.
* Richard Hannay: The Thirty-Nine Steps ' Secret Scot
It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Greenmantle ( 1916 ); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps ( 1915 ), is set in the period immediately before the war started.
* The Graf Otto von Schwabing, an officer of the Imperial Guard and German spy that Hannay met in ' The Thirty-Nine Steps ' notorious for his ability to disguise himself.
In July 2008, Robards took over the role of Richard Hannay in the New York City theatrical run of The 39 Steps.
He played Richard Hannay in the BBC adaptation of The 39 Steps which was screened at Christmas 2008.

Hannay and 1915
The book opens in November 1915, with Hannay and his friend Sandy convalescing from wounds received at the Battle of Loos.

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* Søren Kierkegaard ( 1843 ), Either / Or, translated by Alastair Hannay, London, Penguin, 1992
The 1973 BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero featured Christopher Cazenove playing a number of such title characters ( e. g. Richard Hannay and Bulldog Drummond ), including James Bond in dramatised scenes from Goldfinger – notably featuring the hero being threatened with the novel's circular saw, rather than the film's laser beam – and Diamonds Are Forever.
The two are separated, and Hannay is introduced to a Herr Gaudian, famed mining engineer ( who would later reappear after the war in The Three Hostages ), hears of the mysterious Hilda von Einem, and has a brief meeting with the Kaiser.
James Hannay ( 17 February 1827 – 9 January 1873 ), was a Scottish novelist, journalist and diplomat.
In Combined Forces ( 1985 ), a humorous novel by Jack Smithers, Hannay teams up with the similar heroes " Sapper "' s Bulldog Drummond and Dornford Yates ' Jonah Mansel.
* Simon Tait ( Helmsman ), Charles Currey and Ian Hannay
Notable people from the town include singers ( Clint Boge ), to professional Rugby League players such as Josh Hannay, Clinton Schifcofske, Travis Norton and Shane Marteene.
* Alastair Hannay, and Gordon D. Marino ( editors ), The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard, Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-521-47719-0.
The final Richard Hannay novel by John Buchan is The Island of Sheep ( 1936 ), although he also appears as a minor character in The Courts of the Morning ( 1929 )

Hannay and most
In round four, Matthew Bowen set a new club record for most games played when he made his 204th appearance, surpassing Paul Bowman ’ s 203 games, while Johnathan Thurston took over Josh Hannay ’ s record for most NRL points for North Queensland when he converted his own try against St George Illawarra in round nine.

Hannay and adventure
However, in 1920 or 1921, Hannay again found himself in an adventure, this time with his wife's help unravelling a kidnapping mystery in The Three Hostages.
His last adventure, The Island of Sheep, occurred some twelve years later when Hannay, now in his fifties, was called by an old oath to protect the son of a man he once knew, who safeguards the secret of the greatest treasure on earth.
However, Hannay also displays some characteristics that sharply distinguish him from both later characters in adventure tales and the fiction writers that sought to imitate him.

Hannay and which
John Buchan was an admirer of Bunyan, and Pilgrim's Progress features significantly in his third Richard Hannay novel, Mr Standfast, which also takes its title from one of Bunyan's characters.
Whereas Hannay used a flame-heated tube, Moissan applied his newly developed electric arc furnace, in which an electric arc was struck between carbon rods inside blocks of lime.
Hannay was born at Dumfries, Scotland, and at age 13 joined the Royal Navy from which he was dismissed 5 years later.
The title refers to a character in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, to which there are many other references in the novel ; Hannay uses a copy of Pilgrim's Progress to decipher coded messages from his contacts, and letters from his friend Peter Pienaar.
Greenslade is baffled, but Hannay recalls a hymn mentioning the Fields of Eden, which Greenslade connects with his vague memories.
They stop at Medina's house for a pipe, and there Hannay has a strange dreamlike experience of which he remembers little, only later realising that Medina attempted to hypnotise him and that he somehow resisted.

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