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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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