The Thirty-Nine Steps Paperback / softback
by John Buchan
Edited by Christopher (Professor of British Studies, Professor of British Studies, University of Tubin Harvie
Part of the Oxford World's Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:11/09/2008
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- ISBN:9780199537877
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:11/09/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199537877
