| The Thirty-nine Steps Contributor(s): Buchan, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1537595334 ISBN-13: 9781537595337 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.02 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics |
| Lexile Measure: 1000 |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 6" W x 9" (0.27 lbs) 82 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Buchan, (1875 - 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. 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 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, Constantine 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. |