The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan Author

by John Buchan

2021-04-11 08:21:13

John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was ill in bed with a duodenal ulcer, an illness which remained with him all his life. The novel is set during May and June 1914; Europe is close to war and spies are everywhere. Richard Hannay the pro... Read more
John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was ill in bed with a duodenal ulcer, an illness which remained with him all his life. The novel is set during May and June 1914; Europe is close to war and spies are everywhere. Richard Hannay the protagonist and narrator, an expatriate Scot, returns to his new home, a flat in London, after a long stay in Rhodesia, in order to begin a new life. One night he is buttonholed by a stranger, a well-travelled American, who claims to be in fear for his life. The man appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabilise Europe, beginning with a plan to assassinate the Greek Premier, Karolides, during his forthcoming visit to London. The man reveals his name to be Franklin P. Scudder, a freelance spy, and remarks that he is dead, which holds Hannay's attention. Scudder explains that he has faked his own death in order to avert suspicion. Scudder claims to be following a ring of German spies called the Black Stone who are trying to steal British plans for the outbreak ... Less

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File size1 X 1 X 1 in
Print pages160
PublisherPenguin UK
Publication date June 7, 2007
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780141908083
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John Buchan, GCMG GCVO CH PC DL (26 Aug 1875 – 11 Feb 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor-General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederatio...

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