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Book Description |
| Jules Verne’s A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners is a two-part novel featuring thrilling maritime adventures. A Floating City follows a passenger’s journey aboard the Great Eastern, a massive steamship traveling across the Atlantic, where personal drama, romance, and mystery unfold. In The Blockade Runners, Verne shifts to the American Civil War, telling the tale of a daring British captain who risks everything to smuggle supplies past Union naval blockades. Packed with Verne’s signature blend of adventure, realism, and technological insight, this novel offers a fascinating glimpse into 19th-century sea travel and wartime peril. |
About Author |
| Jules Verne |
| Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a French writer and a pioneer of science fiction, known for blending adventure with scientific concepts. Born in Nantes, he initially studied law but pursued literature instead. His most famous works, including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days, anticipated future technological advancements. Though he faced personal and financial struggles later in life, his books remain widely translated and influential. Verne passed away in 1905 in Amiens, France, leaving a lasting legacy in literature and science. |
