![]() ![]() “…very soon she set before me a hearty meal of ham and eggs, scones, and thick sweet milk. ![]() Grog: A drink made of water or a weak beer, and rum With a notebook filled with encryptions, Hannay must keep one step ahead of the conspirators, while trying to stop the assassination. After being revealed to Richard Hannay, the American who has exposed the assassination to Hassay is murdered, and Hassay finds himself on the run. The story is based around an assassination plot. Although condemned by some for anti-Semitic dialog in The Thirty-Nine Steps, his character’s sentiments do not represent the view of the author who was identified in Hitler’s Sonderfahndungsliste (special search list) as a Jewish sympathiser. ![]() I devoured several books while travelling, including John Buchan’s The 39 Steps, always paying attention to whatever food and drinks were mentioned. Published in 1915, The 39 Steps was later made into an Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. John Buchan (1875-1940) was Governor General of Canada and a popular novelist. ![]()
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