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Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers

Ричард Ханней становится главным подозреваемым, когда в его квартире находят труп американца. Американца, не так давно предупредившего его о плане политического убийства, успех которого рискует втянуть Британию в войну. Наш герой бежит к болотам Шотландии, пока его преследуеют полицейские и немецкие шпионы, намеренные украсть британские секреты. Книга Джона Бакена "39 ступеней" стала одним из первых и самых влиятельных шпионских романов. Позднее у неё появилось множество подражателей, но никто из них не смог переплюнуть её напряжённое повествование и закрученный сюжет • Книга на английском языке • I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a Cold sweat • When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then discovers in his flat the murdered body of the American that warned him, he becomes a prime suspect

When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. After a corpse is found in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the law, and a manhunt ensues

When Richard Hannay finds the corpse of freelance spy Franklin P. Scudder in his London flat, he goes on the run, fearing that his life is in danger. Scudder had previously revealed that he was investigating a ring of German spies, who were conspiring to sabotage Britain's war capability. Hannay becomes both hunter and hunted as he struggles to unravel the tangled threads of this plot while staying one step ahead of his pursuers, who will stop at nothing to keep their nefarious secrets • First published in 1915, John Buchan's definitive spy novel was the first in a long line of espionage thrillers to delve into the underbelly of the British establishment. Over a hundred years later, The Thirty-Nine Steps remains resonant, and the various film, television and theatre adaptations of this classic - most notably Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 version - are a testament to its capacity to thrill

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"Тридцать девять шагов" Джона Бакера знакомит читателя с Ричардом Ханнеем, оригинальным джентльменом-героем шпионских триллеров и предшественником Джеймса Бонда. Эта история об интригах и предательстве сталкивает Ханнея не только с немецкой шпионской сетью, но и с британской полицией, которая ошибочно подозревает его в убийстве • Безжалостно преследуемый, он бежит в Шотландию, чтобы разоблачить заговор, который поставит Британию на грань войны. Его успех зависит от местонахождения таинственных тридцати девяти ступеней • В "Доме власти" другой из самых популярных героев Бьюкена, сэр Эдвард Лейтен, выполняет отчаянную миссию по раскрытию зловещего заговора с целью уничтожения западной цивилизации • Книга на английском языке • The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) introduces Richard Hannay, the original gentleman-hero of spy thrillers and a forerunner of James Bond

Убийства, погони, переодевания, государственные секреты - всего пару дней назад Ричард Хэнней даже представить себе не мог, что все эти «прелести» шпионской жизни ворвутся в его размеренное существование в результате случайной встречи на лондонской улице. Но в предвоенной Европе идет большая игра, и на кону стоит судьба целой страны, так что герою волей-неволей придется принять участие в опасном противостоянии. .Остросюжетный роман Джона Бакена, послуживший основой для одноименного фильма Альфреда Хичкока, адаптирован в настоящем издании по методу Ильи Франка: снабжен транскрипцией, дословным переводом на русский язык и необходимым лексико-грамматическим комментарием (без упрощения текста оригинала). Уникальность метода заключается в том, что запоминание слов и выражений происходит за счет их повторяемости, без заучивания и необходимости использовать словарь

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Horace Rumpole, the irrepressible barrister fuelled by cigars, Tennyson, steak-and-kidney pud and the cooking claret from Pommeroy's wine bar, is back for further misadventures. Amid an unfortunate and temporary downturn in London crime, the Old Bailey Hack sits in Chambers (he never writes at home for fear of She Who Must Be Obeyed) and picks up his pen to recount six classic tales of his recent trials. Here he deals with, among others, a clergyman on a shoplifting rampage, a backstage theatrical murder, a villain with unfortunate sartorial taste and, worst of all, the possibility that he may have to hang up his wig and retire

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