Project Gutenberg 1996-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 888 Buchan, John 1875 1940 Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, Baron The Thirty-Nine Steps Jo Churcher. HTML version by Al Haines. Corrections by Menno de Leeuw. "The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the main character, Richard Hannay, who becomes embroiled in a thrilling conspiracy after a mysterious man named Franklin P. Scudder shows up at his flat, claiming to be a hunted man with vital information that could alter the fate of Europe. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Richard Hannay, an expatriate disillusioned by life in London after returning from South Africa. His dull existence is shaken when he encounters Scudder, who believes he holds knowledge that could prevent an imminent assassination plot against an important politician, Konstantine Karolides. Scudder narrates a bizarre tale of underground political maneuverings involving anarchists and conspirators before he is brutally murdered in Hannay's apartment, thrusting Hannay into a desperate race for survival as he becomes a fugitive, seeking both refuge and the truth behind the assassination plot. This gripping opening sets up an intense adventure filled with intrigue, danger, and espionage, making the reader eager to uncover what lies ahead for Hannay. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction Spy stories Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction PR Text Adventure Mystery Fiction Movie Books Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 257026 257007 2024-09-01T05:55:36.834003 2023-10-01T05:37:41.689552 text/html text/html 265002 2021-04-07T14:13:17 text/html; charset=utf-8 358113 2021-04-07T14:16:21 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 335521 2024-09-01T05:55:40.661001 application/epub+zip 335233 2024-09-01T05:55:37.447020 application/epub+zip 171864 2024-09-01T05:55:37.124996 application/epub+zip 411968 2024-09-01T05:55:43.437979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396255 2024-09-01T05:55:40.385960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232934 2022-09-01T06:23:20.854777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242159 242106 2024-09-01T05:55:36.508015 2023-10-01T05:37:41.382545 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 242102 2021-04-07T14:14:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 94173 2021-04-07T14:15:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19784 2024-09-01T05:55:43.574946 application/rdf+xml 23155 2024-09-01T05:55:37.229985 image/jpeg 4144 2024-09-01T05:55:37.174990 image/jpeg 357781 2024-09-01T05:55:36.862005 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia