Robur-le-conquérant by Jules Verne
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"Robur-le-conquérant" by Jules Verne is a science fiction novel published in 1886. When mysterious lights and flags appear atop world landmarks, brilliant inventor Robur disrupts a Philadelphia aeronautics club meeting to proclaim "heavier than air" flight superior to balloons. He kidnaps the club's president, secretary, and valet aboard his remarkable flying ship, the Albatross, forcing them on a three-week journey around the world. His captives plot escape and revenge, but Robur's mastery
of the skies proves formidable. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 |
|---|---|
| Title | Robur-le-conquérant |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur-le-Conqu%C3%A9rant |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur_the_Conqueror |
| Credits | Produced by Norm Wolcott |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Aeronautics -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 5126 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-05126-0 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 601 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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