JULES VERNE

The Secret of the Island is the third book in the Mysterious Island trilogy after The Mysterious Island and Abandoned. In The Secret of the Island a party of British ballooners have crashed on a remote Pacific island where they must contend with pirates and escaped convicts as they work to survive. When they come to realize that someone or somet...

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by...

Large Format for easy reading. 'Global Warming' themed science fiction from the French author of '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' and 'Around the World in 80 Days'. A pioneer of the science fiction genre.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...mountain. There must have been a terrible struggle between the two elements, a struggle which ended in the victory of Neptune. But many ag...