Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan (1875 - 1940) had a brief career in law, then simultaneously began writing and his political and diplomatic career. He wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction. He was in 1935 appointed as governor general by George V, king of Canada, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Richard Bennett, to replace the Earl of Bessborough as viceroy, and occupied that post until his death in 1940.

• I The Man Who DiedII The Milkman Sets Out on His TravelsIII The Adventure of the Literary InnkeeperIV The Adventure of the Radical CandidateV The Adventure of the Spectacled RoadmanVI The Adventure of the Bald ArchaeologistVII The Dry-Fly FishermanVIII The Coming of the Black StoneIX The Thirty-Nine StepsX Various Partied Converging on the Sea