Thirty-Nine Steps

When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war.
After a corpse is found in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the forces of law,and the pursuit turns into a thrilling manhunt.
Set against the hot summer which precedes the outbreak of the First World War,The Thirty-nine Steps is one of the finest and most highly admired thrillers ever written.

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John Buchan's most famous and dramatic novel presents spy-catcher Richard Hannay. Hannay is in London when he suddenly finds himself caught up in a dangerous situation and the main suspect for a murder committed in his own flat. He is forced to go on the run to his native Scotland. AUTHBIO: John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He wrote adventure novels, short-story collections and biographies. His passion for the Scottish countryside is reflected in much of his writing. Buchan's adventure stories are high in romance and are peopled by a large cast of characters. Richard Hannay, Dickson McCunn and Sir Edward Leithen are three that reappear several times. Alfred Hitchcock adapted his most famous book The Thirty-Nine Steps for screen.

When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. After a corpse is found in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the law, and a manhunt ensues.

Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

ONE Tbe Man Wbo Died
TWO Tbe Milkman Sets Out on bis Travels
THREE Tbe Adventure of tbe Literary Innkeeper
FOUR Tbe Adventure of tbe Radical Candidate
FIVE Tbe Adventure of tbe Spectacled Roadman
SIX Tbe Adventure of tbe Bald Arcbaeologist
SEVEN Tbe Dry-Fly Fisberman
EIGHT Tbe Coming of tbe Black Stone
NINE Tbe Tbirty-Nine Steps
TEN Various Parties Converging on tbe Sea