The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
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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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Buchan, John, 1875-1940 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirty-Nine_Steps |
| Credits | Jo Churcher. HTML version by Al Haines. Corrections by Menno de Leeuw. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Spy stories |
| Subject | Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 558 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-00558-4 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Apr 7, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 6645 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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