![]() ![]() ![]() In this, the only critical edition, Christopher Harvie's introduction interweaves the writing of the tale with the equally fascinating story of how John Buchan, publisher and lawyer, came in from the cold and, via The Thirty-Nine Steps, ended the war as spy-master and propaganda chief. The best-known of Buchan's thrillers, The Thirty-Nine Steps has been continuously in print since first publication and has been filmed three times, most notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935. ![]() ![]() Buchan’s novel takes readers on a breathtaking series of exciting exploits featuring German villains that take place in May and June of 1914. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by police and spy-ring alike, and must outwit his intelligent and pitiless enemy in the corridors of Whitehall and, finally, at the site of the mysterious thirty-nine steps. The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), by Scottish author John Buchan, is an espionage thriller and the first of five of Buchan’s novels to feature the character Richard Hannay. In it he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an 'ordinary fellow', is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of the First World War. ![]()
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