The Thirty-Nine Steps |
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Author:
| Buchan, John |
Prepared for Publication by:
| Clean Bright Classics, Clean Bright |
ISBN: | 978-1-5480-5026-9 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2017 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.45 |
Book Description:
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_The Thirty-Nine Steps_ is the first offive novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiffupper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of stickysituations.The novel is set during May and June 1914; war was evident in Europe,Richard Hannay the protagonist and narrator, an expatriate Scot,returns to his new home, a flat in London, after a long stay inRhodesia to begin a new life. One night he is buttonholed by astranger, a well-travelled American, who claims...
More Description_The Thirty-Nine Steps_ is the first offive novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiffupper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of stickysituations.The novel is set during May and June 1914; war was evident in Europe,Richard Hannay the protagonist and narrator, an expatriate Scot,returns to his new home, a flat in London, after a long stay inRhodesia to begin a new life. One night he is buttonholed by astranger, a well-travelled American, who claims to be in fear for hislife. The man appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabiliseEurope, beginning with a plan to assassinate the Greek Premier,Constantine Karolides, during his forthcoming visit to London.