The Secret of the Island

Jules Verne

ጃን 2014 · በSimon and Schuster የተሸጠ

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THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND is the third book in the 'Mysterious Island' trilogy (THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, and ABANDONED), and is related to 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and THE SEARCH FOR THE CASTAWAYS. In THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND, A party of British ballooners have crashed on a remote Pacific island. There they must contend with both pirates and escaped convicts as they struggle to survive. However, as in the earlier 'Island' novels, they come to realize that someone or something is looking after them.

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Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.