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The Thirty-Nine Steps

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"Fast paced book with complicated plot twists that could seem pla"
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Richard Hannah ..... what a man!!!! Richard flees cunningly from his own flat, after discovering a man, dead…murdered!! Backing up a little, Mr Scudder, from the flat above, politely invites himself inside Richards flat. Mr Scudder makes himself at home and lives there for a few days. This is where the chase begins, where Richard looks like he has been framed for the murder. Richard enters another world chopping and changing his identity and he suspects everyone around him. I most certainly enjoyed The Thirty-Nine Steps, so much. It held my attention through out the whole book. It certainly was fast paced, so much so, that I thought I was on a sprint!! I certainly admired the style of writing John Buchan produced. It was thoughtfully planned out amazingly well, so well infact, that most of the plot twists seemed plausible.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.’ When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime suspect. He flees to the moors of Scotland and a spirited chase begins as he is pursued by the police and the German spies involved with stealing British plans. Buchan’s tale unfolds into one of the seminal and most influential 'chase' books, mimicked by many, yet unrivalled in the tension and mystery created by his writing. Buchan reveres Hannay as an ordinary man who puts his country's good before his own and the classic themes of the novel influenced many films and subsequent 'man-on-the-run' novels.

Author Biography:

John Buchan (1875 - 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
Release date Australia
May 3rd, 2012
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
160
Dimensions
111x178x10
ISBN-13
9780007449934
Product ID
18535344

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