Books author - "Jules Verne"
Description A classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, this work is one of the most well-known subterranean fictions to this day. It inspired many similar works and adaptations. First published in 1864 in French as Voyage au centre de la Terre, it was quickly translated to English by several different publishers in the 1870s. The current edition was based on the translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson that was published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd. in 1877. Our protagonist is
Description In another science-based entry in his Voyages Extraordinaires series, Verne takes us on the journey of Simon Hart, an engineer who poses as an aide to the scientist Dr. Roche. Rocheβs whose invention of a world conquering weapon has driven him insane, and as the paranoid doctor rests in a sanatorium, the vicious pirate Karraje kidnaps both him and Hart. Karraje takes them to a secret hideaway in a burned-out island caldera in the Bermudasβbut Hart hatches an ingenious escape plan.
Description A classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, this work is one of the most well-known subterranean fictions to this day. It inspired many similar works and adaptations. First published in 1864 in French as Voyage au centre de la Terre, it was quickly translated to English by several different publishers in the 1870s. The current edition was based on the translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson that was published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd. in 1877. Our protagonist is
Description In another science-based entry in his Voyages Extraordinaires series, Verne takes us on the journey of Simon Hart, an engineer who poses as an aide to the scientist Dr. Roche. Rocheβs whose invention of a world conquering weapon has driven him insane, and as the paranoid doctor rests in a sanatorium, the vicious pirate Karraje kidnaps both him and Hart. Karraje takes them to a secret hideaway in a burned-out island caldera in the Bermudasβbut Hart hatches an ingenious escape plan.