Project Gutenberg 1996-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 2351 Buchan, John 1875 1940 Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, Baron The Thirty-Nine Steps Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.) Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. 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 Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 257169 2025-10-01T05:47:16.777958 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 335728 2025-10-01T05:47:20.181966 application/epub+zip 335195 2025-10-01T05:47:17.333944 application/epub+zip 171826 2025-10-01T05:47:17.049916 application/epub+zip 411948 2025-10-01T05:47:22.617930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396255 2025-10-01T05:47:19.930897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232934 2022-09-01T06:23:20.854777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242159 2025-10-01T05:47:16.515972 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242102 2021-04-07T14:14:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 94173 2021-04-07T14:15:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20422 2025-10-01T05:47:22.742932 application/rdf+xml 23155 2025-10-01T05:47:17.138955 image/jpeg 4144 2025-10-01T05:47:17.093908 image/jpeg 357805 2025-10-01T05:47:16.803023 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia