Master of the World - Couverture rigide

Verne, Jules

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1434499340 ISBN 13 : 9781434499349

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2021

Synopsis

It was the "Terror"—ship, submarine, airplane, and land vehicle all in one monstrous machine, and a letter from its inventor claimed that with it he would rule the world. Could he? John Strock had to find out—before it was too late! Includes an introduction by literary scholar Darrell Schwetizer.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A sequel to Robur the Conqueror. Show Excerpt of the facts I can bring no other testimony than my own. If you do not wish to believe me, so be it. I can scarce believe it all myself. The strange occurrences began in the western part of our great American State of North Carolina. There, deep amid the Blueridge Mountains rises the crest called the Great Eyrie. Its huge rounded form is distinctly seen from the little town of Morganton on the Catawba River, and still more clearly as one approaches the mountains by way of the village of Pleasant Garden. Why the name of Great Eyrie was originally given this mountain by the people of the surrounding region, I am not quite Sure It rises rocky and grim and inaccessible, and under certain atmospheric conditions has a peculiarly blue and distant effect. But the idea one would naturally get from the name is of a refuge for birds of prey, eagles condors, vultures; the home of vast numbers of the feathered tribes, wheeling and screaming above peaks beyond the reach of man. Now, the Great Eyrie did not se

Biographie de l'auteur

A master of science fiction writing, Jules Verne (1828-1905) brought the genre to life with his epic accounts of travel and adventure, with many of the technologies he described yet to be invented. His numerous notable works chart his fascination with any and every form of travel on, around, even under the Earth, displaying an almost child-like awe and appreciation of the unknown.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1434499340
• ISBN 13: 9781434499349
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne