文档介绍：THETHIRTY-NINESTEPSbyJOHNBUCHAN作者简介巴肯男爵约翰(),作家和政治家,生于泰赛德区珀思。就读于格拉斯哥大学和牛津大学。年获律师资格。第一次世界大战期间在司令部参谋处服役(),后任情报处长。曾当选代表各大学的议员(),受封爵士,年前是加拿大总督。年任枢密院枢密官和爱丁堡大学名誉校长。尽管公务繁忙,撰写了余部书,尤其是情节变化迅速的惊险故事,如《普雷斯特·约翰》()和《三十九级台阶》(,)。传记体作品包括《蒙特罗斯传》()和《沃尔特·司各脱爵士传》()。........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................-FlyFisherman................................................................................................................................-NineSteps.......................................................................................................................75THETHIRTY-heManWhoDiedIreturnedfromtheCityaboutthreeo’,;,thetalkoftheordinaryEnglishmanmademesick,Icouldn’tgetenoughexercise,andtheamusementsofLondonseemedasflatassoda-waterthathasbeenstandinginthesun.‘RichardHannay,’Ikepttellingmyself,‘youhavegotintothewrongditch,myfriend,andyouhadbetterclimbout.’-notoneofthebigones,butgoodenoughforme;,andIhadneverbeenhomesince;soEnglandwasasortofArabianNightstome,