Thirty-Nine Steps
His Excellency The Right Honourable John Buchan Gcmg Gcvo Ch Pc, Baron Tweedsmuir . Rupa Publications India . English
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) is considered adventure writer John Buchan's most notable work. It was the first of Buchan's novels to feature the popular action hero, Richard Hannay. The story follows Richard Hannay, who, wrongfully accused of murder, is forced to flee to Scotland pursued by spies as well as the police. A novel about a man who places his country's interests before his own, it met with great success upon publication, especially in the trenches of the First World Warandcontinues to be regarded as one of the forerunners of the modern day thriller.
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About the Author
John Buchan (1875 - 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in the First World War. Buchan was in 1927 elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction.
