{"product_id":"9781533480705","title":"The Richard Hannay Collection: The 39 Steps, Greenmantle, Mr. Standfast","description":"Major General \u003cb\u003eSir Richard Hannay\u003c\/b\u003e is a fictional secret agent created by Scottish novelist John Buchan and made further popular by the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film \u003ci\u003eThe 39 Steps\u003c\/i\u003e. Buchan's resourceful, German-speaking spy is partly based on Edmund Ironside, from Edinburgh, an espionage operative during the Second Boer War. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Richard Hannay Collection - The 39 Steps, Greenmantle and Mr Standfast\u003c\/b\u003e presents the first and best three Richard Hannay adventures: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Thirty Nine Steps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannay arrives in London on the eve of World War I, where he meets an American agent seeking help in stopping a political assassination. Before long, Hannay finds himself in possession of a little black book that holds the key to the conspiracy - and on the run from both the police and members of a mysterious organization that will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreenmantle \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannay is called in to investigate rumors of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war, climaxing at the battle of Erzurum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr Standfast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecalled from duty on the Western Front by spymaster Sir Walter Bullivant, Hannay goes undercover as a pacifist, working to outwit a dangerous German spy and his agents. Guided by his contact-and love interest-Mary Lamington, Hannay tracks his enemy from London to Glasgow to the Scottish Highlands, eventually confronting him in a dramatic climax above the battlefields of Europe. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056647094512,"sku":"9781533480705","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781533480705_p0.jpg?v=1763742627","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781533480705","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}