The Thirty-Nine Steps - Couverture souple

Buchan, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140011307 ISBN 13 : 9780140011302

Editeur : Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STELLA RIMINGTON

'Richard Hannay is a hero for all times' Observer

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 - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. Hannay's life and the security of Britain are in grave peril, and everything rests on the solution to a baffling enigma: what are the thirty-nine steps?

See also: Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Perhaps more than any other book The Thirty-Nine Steps has set the pattern for the story of the chase for a wanted man. And, of the many writers who have attempted this kind of thing since Buchan, only a very few, like Graham Greene, have managed to sustain the tension in the same way. The main character is Buchan's familiar hero, Richard Hannay who gets caught up quite suddenly on a dull London afternoon in a situation of extreme danger. Before he knows what is happening he is the obvious suspect for a murder committed in his own flat, and has to go on the run to his native Scotland.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140011307
• ISBN 13: 9780140011302
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128