The Thirty-Nine Steps
Authorised Edition
Published on 1. September 2011
160 pages
978-0-85790-169-9 (ISBN)
Description
Selected as one of the 100 best novels in English in The Guardian
Recently returned from South Africa, adventurer Richard Hannay is bored with life, but after a chance encounter with an American who informs him of an assassination plot and is then promptly murdered in Hannay's London flat, he becomes the obvious suspect and is forced to go on the run. He heads north to his native Scotland, fleeing the police and his enemies. Hannay must keep his wits about him if he is to warn the government before all is too late.
This classic spy thriller sold a million copies before Buchan died in 1940, has been adapted countless times for film, television and the stage, and features the most exciting chase in the history of fiction.
With an introduction by Stuart Kelly.
This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.
Recently returned from South Africa, adventurer Richard Hannay is bored with life, but after a chance encounter with an American who informs him of an assassination plot and is then promptly murdered in Hannay's London flat, he becomes the obvious suspect and is forced to go on the run. He heads north to his native Scotland, fleeing the police and his enemies. Hannay must keep his wits about him if he is to warn the government before all is too late.
This classic spy thriller sold a million copies before Buchan died in 1940, has been adapted countless times for film, television and the stage, and features the most exciting chase in the history of fiction.
With an introduction by Stuart Kelly.
This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.
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Edition
Authorised Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
File size
0,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-85790-169-9 (9780857901699)
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Person
John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist, born in Perth in 1875. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Contents
- 1. The Man Who Died
- 2. The Milkman Sets Out on his Travels
- 3. The Adventure of the Literary Innkeeper
- 4. The Adventure of the Radical Candidate
- 5. The Adventure of the Spectacled Roadman
- 6. The Adventure of the Bald Archaeologist
- 7. The Dry-Fly Fisherman
- 8. The Coming of the Black Stone
- 9. The Thirty-Nine Steps
- 10. Various Parties Converging on the Sea
