Bookworm_39 Steps

Author: (English) Bacon, translated by Wang Yun
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Publish Date: 2000-02-01
Features: The original book was adapted into a thrilling Hitchcock film. The story takes place on the eve of World War I. The protagonist, Hane, accidentally meets an American named Scardell and learns of a German spy's plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister, Karolides, who is visiting Britain. Scardell knows he is in danger and prepares to entrust the mission of disrupting the spy plot to Hane. A few days later, Scardell is killed. Hane disguises himself as a milkman and begins his days of escape. Because he is also suspected of murdering Scardell (who died in Hane's room), Hane faces double pursuit. He runs from place to place, hiding in the Scottish wilderness. He survives multiple close calls, often in danger of death, and finally receives help from a kind political candidate, finding Sir Walter, a Foreign Office official. Although they fail to prevent the German spy from assassinating the Greek Prime Minister, they later successfully decode the secret code of "39 steps" and find the spy's escape port, arresting the spy who had disguised himself as the British Minister of the Navy to steal the war plans of Britain and France.