the thirty-nine steps About the aouthor: John Buchan was born in Perth, Scotland, in 1875. He went to university in Oxford and while he wads a student there, he started to write. After leaving university, he worked for the British government as well as continuing his writing, and he spent two years in South Africa. He was a lawyer and became a Member of Parliament in 1972. In 1935 he was made a lord, with the title Baron Tweedsmuir. At the same time, he became Governor-General of Canada...