La Estrella del Sur

Julio Verne

ISBN 10: 8495060175 / ISBN 13: 9788495060174

Published by Ediciones Rueda, 1999

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coleccion LOS VIJES EXTRAORDINARIOS DE JULIO VERNE, primera edicion 2000, 231 paginas con ilustraciones de Par Benett, tapa dura sin sobrecubierta, en buen estado.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: La Estrella del Sur
• Publisher: Ediciones Rueda
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 8495060175
• ISBN 13: 9788495060174
• Binding: Tapa blanda
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Bueno

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Synopsis

Victor Cyprien, a French engineer currently living in the "Diamond Fields" of Griqualand, South Africa desires to marry the beautiful daughter of Mr. Watkins, a man who holds claims to the land that are the "Diamond Fields." Watkins has other plans for his daughter, which includes her staying in South Africa and marrying one of the wealthier diamond miners. To put himself in a better position to win the hand of Alice, Victor buys a share and begins working his own claim. However, Alice convinces him to return to chemistry and pursue his theory that he can synthesize a diamond. The experiment appears to work as a 243-carat diamond is created and named "The Star of the South," which he gives to Alice. When the diamond is stolen, Cyprien and three other potential suitors for the hand of Alice, travel across South Africa in pursuit of the suspected culprit.