Thirty-Nine Steps

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat! and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt! he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators.

Product details

• Authors: J. Buchan, John Buchan
• Assisted by: Keith Carabine (Editor), Cedric Watts (Introduction), Keith Carabine (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.1993
• EAN: 9781853260803
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-080-3
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 197 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Wordsworth Classics; Wordsworth Classics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Fiction > Suspense; Adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Adventure / action fiction