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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155516903321

Autore

Buchan John

Titolo

The 39 steps / / by John Buchan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York, New York] : , : Sheba Blake, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-304-66629-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Soggetti

Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character)

World War, 1914-1918

Intelligence service

Great Britain Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

Hanney, an expatriated Scot, returns from a long stay in South Africa to his flat in London. One night he is buttonholed by an American who appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabilise Europe, and claims to be in fear for his life. Hannay lets the American hide in his flat, and returns later to find that another man has been found shot dead in the same building, apparently a suicide. Four days later Hannay finds the American stabbed to death...