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The Thirty-Nine Steps

The Thirty-Nine Steps

by Buchan, John, 1875-1940

BookID: 558

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

World War, 1914-1918 -- FictionSpy storiesHannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- FictionIntelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction

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"The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan is an adventure novel published in 1915. Richard Hannay, a mining engineer from Rhodesia, finds himself caught in a deadly conspiracy when his neighbor is murdered in his London flat. Possessing only a cryptic coded notebook, Hannay flees to Scotland, pursued by both police and German spies seeking to steal Britain's naval secrets. Racing against time before war erupts across Europe, he must decipher the mystery of the thirty-nine steps and stop an international plot that could change history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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