Hilda von Einem

Hilda von Einem is a fictional character in John Buchan's 1916 novel Greenmantle. She is a German femme fatale who masterminds a plot to stir up a Muslim jihad against the Allies. She has been described as a "glamorous but merciless female agent"^[1] and a "pale-blue-eyed northern goddess".^[2] Rosie White suggests that von Einem is a "trope loosely based on Mata Hari" and that she represents a "decadent, oriental sexuality".^[3]

References

↑ Lewis-Stempel, John (12 October 2014). "The Kaiser's jihad". Daily Express. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
↑ Rimington, Stella (11 January 2011). "John Buchan and The Thirty-Nine Steps". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
↑ White, Rosie (2007). Violent Femmes: Women as Spies in Popular Culture. Routledge. p. 25. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

Works by John Buchan

Characters

Richard Hannay novels

Edward Leithen novels

Dickson McCunn trilogy

Other fiction

The Half-Hearted (1900)
Prester John (1910)
Salute to Adventurers (1915)
Midwinter (1923)
Witch Wood (1927)
A Prince of the Captivity (1933)
The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy (1984)

Non-fiction

Memory Hold-the-Door (1940)

Adaptations

Films	The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) Huntingtower (1927) The 39 Steps (1935) The 39 Steps (1959) The Three Hostages (1977) (TV movie) The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) The 39 Steps (2008) (TV movie)

TV series	The Three Hostages (1952) Witch Wood (1954) John Macnab (1976) Huntingtower (1978) Hannay (1988-89)

Other	The 39 Steps (play)

Family

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