John Buchan

Broschiertes Buch

The Thirty-Nine Steps

Beschreibung

Adventurer Richard Hannay has just returned from South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his London life - until a spy is murdered in his flat, just days after having warned Hannay of an assassination plot that could plunge Britain into a war with Germany.

Autor

John Buchan (1875-1940) was born in Perth, Scotland and educated at Oxford where he published five books and won several awards, including one for poetry. He went on to be a barrister, a member of parliament, a soldier, a publisher, a historical biographer, and - in 1935 - he became the Govenor-General of Canada. Today he is best remembered as the author of his perennially popular adventure novels. Sir John Keegan is a world-renowned historian of the First World War. His books include The First World War (Pimlico), A History of Warfare (Pimlico), and a biography of Winston Churchill (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, November 2003).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 71584
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 129mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 116g
• ISBN-13: 9780141441177
• ISBN-10: 0141441178
• Artikelnr.: 21255948