The Thirty-nine Steps (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Buchan, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486282015 ISBN 13: 9780486282015

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 1995

Synopsis

John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of the First World War. In it he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an `ordinary fellow', is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by police and spy-ring alike, and must outwit his intelligent and pitiless enemy in the corridors of Whitehall and, finally, at the site of the mysterious thirty-nine steps. The best-known of Buchan's thrillers, The Thirty-Nine Steps has been continuously in print since first publication and has been filmed three times, most notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935. In this, the only critical edition, Christopher Harvie's introduction interweaves the writing of the tale with the equally fascinating story of how John Buchan, publisher and lawyer, came in from the cold and, via The Thirty-Nine Steps, ended the war as spy-master and propaganda chief.

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Review:

This latest edition of the novel has been redesigned, resulting in an authentic looking cloth-bound book... Exciting and thrilling, this should be read by all (The Sun)

A spiffing, well-loved Boy's Own sort of read (The Daily Mail)

A handsome new edition (Tribune)

Book Description:

Vintage Heroes & Villains: A lineup of literature's most dastardly, devilish and daring characters

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0486282015
• ISBN 13: 9780486282015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96