The Thirty-Nine Steps (Penguin Essentials)

by JohnBuchan (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  One of the most famous manhunts of all time, for an innocent man - Richard Hannay, the hero whose appeal will never die. When a mystery man whom he has been sheltering is found dead in Hannay's flat, he is sure of only one thing: that whoever committed the murder will be after him too. He must get away before he is caught, and at the same time try to decipher the puzzle of the Thirty-Nine Steps and its implications for the political situation in Europe which led to the stranger's death. It is a puzzle which takes him to the wilds of Scotland, and almost costs him his life ...

• Used

  Paperback
  1967

  $3.25

• New

  Paperback
  1993

  $6.72

  With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. 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. The Thirty-Nine Steps is a seminal 'chase' thriller, rapid and vivid. It has been widely influential and frequently dramatised: the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock became a screen classic. This engaging novel also provides insights into the inter-action of patriotism, fear and prejudice.