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Major General Sir Richard Hannay thought that his life of adventure and danger was behind him with the end of the Great War. He was wrong. When an old colleague comes asking for help, Hannay has to come out of retirement to battle a secret society that has kidnapped three innocents to advance their schemes. Hannay, aided by his intrepid wife Mary and his old friends, plunges into a pool of intrigue and hypnosis to find and rescue the Three Hostages before they come to deadly harm. Hannay, the Everyman hero, perseveres through a combination of pluck, grit, clear thinking and trusting in his…
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158 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2005Dodo Press · 288 pages · 9781406501308
- Paperback · English · 2001House of Stratus · 332 pages · 9781842327944
- Hardcover · English · 1998Houghton Mifflin College Div · 9789997506962
- Paperback · English · 1998Three Hostages (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)Wordsworth Editions Ltd · 272 pages · 9781853262524
- Other · English · 2022Three HostagesIndependently Published · 9798832389851
- Other · English · 2022Three HostagesIndependently Published · 9798822063679
FictionGreat BritainIntelligence serviceRichard Hannay (Fictitious character)Fiction, generalAdventure storiesSpy storiesFiction, espionage













