THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS by John Buchan 1875-1940 Publication date: 1915
The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators. John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of the First World War.
Hanney, an expatriated Scot, returns from a long stay in South Africa to his flat in London.
"Adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan; from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited; and an original concept by Nobby Dimon and Simon Corble."
Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms.
In the past one hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired numerous adaptations for film, television, radio and stage, beginning with the celebrated version by Alfred Hitchcock.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STELLA RIMINGTON 'Richard Hannay is a hero for all times' Observer May 1914.
In trademark crystalline prose, Jim Crace portrays a man taking stock of his life and looking into an uncertain future, while bearing witness to a community in the throes of great change.
"Greenmantle" by John Buchan.
A collection of edited essays on the novelist John Buchan (1875-1940), author of, among many other works, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915), "Witch Wood" (1927) and "Sick Heart River" (1940).
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