The Thirty-Nine Steps: The 1915 Classic Espionage Thriller - Softcover

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The Unmissable Classic Thriller by John Buchan

The Thirty-Nine Steps by English author John Buchan is a book of adventure fiction first published in 1915 in the UK.

A classic thriller filled with entertaining adventure and pre-war espionage mystery.

Excerpt

‘All this was very loose guessing, and I don't pretend it was ingenious or scientific. I wasn't any kind of Sherlock Holmes. But I have always fancied I had a kind of instinct about questions like this. I don't know if I can explain myself, but I used to use my brains as far as they went, and after they came to a blank wall I guessed, and I usually found my guesses pretty right.’

Synopsis

A seminal classic in the Adventure Spy genre, Buchan’s novel The Thirty-Nine Steps defined the man-on-the-run genre which was subsequently used as common plot device in films and other works of fiction. Set in 1914, right before the outbreak of war, the story was a great success with the men in the First World War trenches. A thrilling and entertaining literary classic, and an unmissable read.

Title Details

◆ Original 1915 text

◆ Classic Adventure fiction

◆ 5 x 8 in

◆ Matte Cover

◆ White Paper

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