To aid classroom or home study using Real Reads books, here are some links to other websites which will help you to gain a greater understanding of John Buchan and the world he lived in.
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Information about the life and work of John Buchan, including The Thirty-Nine Steps.
The site of the British Security Service, also known as MI5. The section on ‘MI5 History’ and the link to ‘1909 to WW1’ gives some fascinating information about the real-life German spies who operated in Britain in the years before World War I, and how some of them were caught.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nb93y
This site gives an up-to-date introduction to many aspects of World War I. Includes many fascinating interviews