The Thirty-nine Steps
John Buchan
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Paperback. Editor(s): Harvie, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of the First World War. In it he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an `ordinary fellow', is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by police and spy-ring alike, and must outwit his intelligent and pitiless enemy in the corridors of Whitehall and, finally, at the site of the mysterious thirty-nine steps. The best-known of Buchan's thrillers, The Thirty-Nine Steps ... Read more
John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of the First World War. In it he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an `ordinary fellow', is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by police and spy-ring alike, and must outwit his intelligent and pitiless enemy in the corridors of Whitehall and, finally, at the site of the mysterious thirty-nine steps. The best-known of Buchan's thrillers, The Thirty-Nine Steps ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199537877
SKU
V9780199537877
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