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An edition of The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)

The thirty-nine steps

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An edition of The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)

The thirty-nine steps

New ed. / introduction by Stella Rimington.

by

  • 3.7 (27 ratings)
  • 214 Want to read
  • 18 Currently reading
  • 53 Have read

May 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure-desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursed by the police and cunning, ruthless enemy. Hannys life and security of Britain are in grave peril, and everything rests on the solution to a baffling enigma: what are the thirty-nine steps?

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Vintage Classic
Language
English
Pages
253

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Hannay, richard (fictitious character), fiction Great britain, fiction Fiction, espionage English language Fiction Fugitives from justice Intelligence service Missing persons Richard Hannay (Fictitious character) Secret societies Suspense fiction Textbooks for foreign speakers World War, 1914-1918 World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746 Spy stories Fiction, suspense Large type books Fiction, thrillers, espionage Scotland, fiction World war, 1914-1918, fiction Fiction, action & adventure Fiction, thrillers, suspense English Detective and mystery stories thriller spy adventure Collected works (single author, multi-form) Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional English literature Fiction, mystery & detective, general World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Romans, nouvelles Service des renseignements Roman d'espionnage Assassinat Littérature pour la jeunesse Readers for new literates Fiction, thrillers, general Theater programs Specimens Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) Hannay, richard Hannay, richard (fictitious character)--fiction Intelligence service--great britain--fiction Pr6003.u13 t5 2008 823.912 Long Now Manual for Civilization

People

Richard Hannay Richard Hannay (Fictitious character)

Places

Great Britain 39 Steps London Galloway in Scotland south coast of England Galloway Scotland Galloway (Scotland) Israel

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Just before World War I.

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The Thirty-Nine Steps
2018, Standard Ebooks
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
Apr 01, 2018, Pan Macmillan
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The thirty-nine steps
2015, Renaissance Classics
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The thirty-nine steps
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2011, Vintage Classic
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1943, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
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Published in
London
Series
Vintage classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.912
Library of Congress
PR6003.U13 T55 2011, PR6003.U13

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 253 pages
Number of pages
253

Edition Identifiers

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OL28366465M
ISBN 10
0099528398
ISBN 13
9780099528395
OCLC/WorldCat
656766955

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Work ID
OL76524W

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Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.

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