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The 39 Steps

Author
John Buchan
Series
Classic Sensation
Language
English
Length
102 pages
ISBN
9781910558393
Published
15 October 2014
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • John Buchan
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • detective
  • shocking
  • spy
  • murder
  • forgery
  • seduction

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Europe is close to war and spies are everywhere. 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, Karolides, during his forthcoming visit to London.

Author

John Buchan was a Scottish novelist, historian and political leader who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. Buchan's 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories, and biographies of Sir Walter Scott, Caesar Augustus, and Oliver Cromwell. Buchan is considered a pioneer of thriller and suspense genre in English literature.

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