# Peter Pienaar

peter pienaar is a character from John Buchan's series of Richard Hannay books. He is described by Hannay as being "five foot ten, very thin and active, and as strong as a buffalo [with] pale blue eyes, a face as gentle as a girl's, and a soft sleepy voice." == About == The origins of Pienaar's character and person in the Richard Hannay novels are that Pienaar is a 'white hunter' and sometime "ne'er-do-well" whom Hannay met during his time spent in South Africa as a mining engineer, some time before World War I. They formed a very strong bond of comradely friendship forged in moments of extreme danger. Pienaar appears in the following "Richard Hannay" novels: Greenmantle and Mr Standfast.