Thirty-Nine Steps (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators. The Thirty Nine Steps is a seminal 'chase' thriller, rapid and vivid. It has been widely influential and frequently

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