The Thirty-Nine Steps - Buchan, John
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The Thirty Nine Steps, written in 1915, narrates an adventure in the backdrop of Scotland. Before reading this book, be cautioned to make no comparisons to the adventure thrillers of today. Written during times when the World War was impending, the story is endearing. Published in 1915, John Buchan's Scottish spy thriller is the exciting tale of Richard Hannay - an ordinary man on the run from dark forces. The book was hugely influential, and remains Buchan's most famous work. The novel charts the electrifying story of an ordinary man caught up in a sinister international plot. Re-packaged as…mehr

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The Thirty Nine Steps, written in 1915, narrates an adventure in the backdrop of Scotland. Before reading this book, be cautioned to make no comparisons to the adventure thrillers of today. Written during times when the World War was impending, the story is endearing. Published in 1915, John Buchan's Scottish spy thriller is the exciting tale of Richard Hannay - an ordinary man on the run from dark forces. The book was hugely influential, and remains Buchan's most famous work. The novel charts the electrifying story of an ordinary man caught up in a sinister international plot. Re-packaged as a striking hardback, it is an edition to be cherished by any fan of the book, or anyone just discovering Buchan's work.
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John Buchan (1875 - 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in the First World War. Buchan was in 1927 elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction.