Major General Sir Richard Hannay is a fictional secret agent created by Scottish novelist John Buchan and made further popular by the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film <i>The 39 Steps</i>. Buchan&rsquo;s resourceful, German-speaking spy is partly based on Edmund Ironside, from Edinburgh, an espionage operative during the Second Boer War.&nbsp;<i>The Richard Hannay Collection &ndash; The 39 Steps, Greenmantle and Mr Standfast</i> presents the first and best three Richard Hannay adventures:<br /><br /><i>The Thirty Nine Steps</i><br /><br />Hannay arrives in London on the eve of World War I, where he meets an American agent seeking help in stopping a political assassination. Before long, Hannay finds himself in possession of a little black book that holds the key to the conspiracy &mdash; and on the run from both the police and members of a mysterious organization that will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden.<br /><br /><i>Greenmantle</i><br /><br />Hannay is called in to investigate rumors of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans&#39; plans to use religion to help them win the war, climaxing at the battle of Erzurum.<br /><br /><i>Mr Standfast</i><br /><br />Recalled from duty on the Western Front by spymaster Sir Walter Bullivant, Hannay goes undercover as a pacifist, working to outwit a dangerous German spy and his agents. Guided by his contact&mdash;and love interest&mdash;Mary Lamington, Hannay tracks his enemy from London to Glasgow to the Scottish Highlands, eventually confronting him in a dramatic climax above the battlefields of Europe. The title refers to a character in John Bunyan&#39;s <i>Pilgrim&#39;s Progress</i>, to which there are many other references in the novel; Hannay uses a copy of <i>Pilgrim&#39;s Progress</i> to decipher coded messages from his contacts, and letters from his friend Peter Pienaar.<br /><br />This digital edition of <i>The Richard Hannay Collection &ndash; The 39 Steps, Greenmantle and Mr Standfast </i>includes an image gallery.