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** Blenkiron is afflicted by a duodenal ulcer, something from which Buchan himself suffered for many years. (By the the events of ''Literature/MrStandfast'', he's had an operation to relieve him of this ailment; sadly, the same was never true for his creator.)
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** Blenkiron is afflicted by a duodenal ulcer, something from which Buchan himself suffered for many years. (By By the the events of ''Literature/MrStandfast'', he's had an operation to relieve him of this ailment; sadly, the same was never true for his creator.)
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** John Buchan spent several years living and working in the colonial administration of British South Africa, which he drew on for Hannay's background.
** Blenkiron is afflicted by a duodenal ulcer, something from which Buchan himself suffered for many years. (By the the events of ''Literature/MrStandfast'', he's had an operation to relieve him of this ailment; sadly, the same was never true for his creator.)
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The dedication to ''Greenmantle'' implies that Dick Hannay, Sandy Arbuthnot, Peter Pienaar, and John Blenkiron are all modeled on real people. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Ironside,_1st_Baron_Ironside Edmund Ironside]] has been suggested as the model for Hannay.
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** John Buchan spent several years living and working in the colonial administration of British South Africa, which he drew on for Hannay's background.
** Blenkiron is afflicted by a duodenal ulcer, something from which Buchan himself suffered for many years. (By the the events of ''Literature/MrStandfast'', he's had an operation to relieve him of this ailment; sadly, the same was never true for his creator.)
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The dedication to ''Greenmantle'' implies that Dick Hannay, Sandy Arbuthnot, Peter Pienaar, and John Blenkiron are all modeled on real people. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Ironside,_1st_Baron_Ironside Edmund Ironside]] has been suggested as the model for Hannay.
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