The Thirty-Nine Steps

Description

Product ID:	9780099528395
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Thirty-Nine Steps
Authors:	Author: John Buchan
Page Count:	272
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Description:	Select Guide Rating Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. Discover the original and best adventure story ever told. ‘The father of the modern espionage’ Sunday Times May 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. Hannay''s life and the security of Britain are in grave peril, and everything rests on the solution to a baffling enigma: what are the thirty-nine steps? WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STELLA RIMINGTON
Imprint Name:	Vintage Classics
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2011-01-06

Weight	200 g
Dimensions	197 × 130 × 17 mm