This edition includes three complete novels:
The Thirty-nine Steps
Greenmantle
Mr. Standfast
About The Thirty-Nine Steps
In his adventure novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Buchan introduces Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.
About Greenmantle
Greenmantle is Buchan's second novel featuring Richard Hannay. Hannay investigates rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world. He ruins the Germans' plans to use the Islam religion to win the war [WWI].
About Mr. Standfast
Mr. Standfast is set in World War I when Brigadier-General Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front to undertake a secret mission hunting for a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. The title refers to a character in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, to which there are many other references in the novel; Hannay uses a copy of Pilgrim's Progress to decipher coded messages from his contacts, and letters from his friend Peter Pienaar.
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