The Thirty-Nine Steps - Softcover

About the Author

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC (1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. Buchan was in 1927 elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction.