The Thirty-Nine Steps: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Thirty-Nine Steps is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Buchan, John (1875–1940).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan is an adventure novel published in 1915. Richard Hannay, a mining engineer from Rhodesia, finds himself caught in a deadly conspiracy when his neighbor is murdered in his London flat. Possessing only a cryptic coded notebook, Hannay flees to Scotland, pursued by both police and German spies seeking to steal Britain's naval secrets. Racing against time before war erupts across Europe, he must decipher the mystery of the thirty-nine steps and stop an international plot that could change history.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Thirty-Nine Steps
- Author credits: Buchan, John (1875–1940)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Spy stories
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Adventure
- Category: Adventure
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
- Category: Novels
- Movie Books
- Mystery Fiction
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