Robur The Conqueror - Softcover

Verne, Jules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478244747 ISBN 13: 9781478244745

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Volume 2 of 54 of Jules Verne's "Extraordinary Voyages", first printed in 1886. After a series of mysterious and fantastic planting of black flags atop the world's tallest monuments, a man named Robur is revealed to have mastered the secret of flight. To demonstrate fully the capabilities of his huge rotocraft, The “Albatross”, Robur kidnaps three skeptics from the flight-enthusiast's club, the Weldon Institute. What follows is three-week trip around the world where the three kidnapped men come to realize that Robur's brilliance teeters dangerously close to madness. This particular edition is reproduced from English-edition public works, and is presented simply with an emphasis on straightforward presentation, attractiveness and continuity of appearance, with each title in the "Extraordinary Voyages" sporting a journal-style brown cover accompanied by a cover illustration and quote from the text on the back cover.

About this title

About the Author:

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travels before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the second most translated author in the world (after Agatha Christie). Some of his books have also been made into live-action and animated films and television shows. Verne is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction", a title sometimes shared with Hugo Gernsback and H. G. Wells.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1478244747
• ISBN 13: 9781478244745
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144