Jules, Verne - Libros y biografía

No matter if Bram Stoker has really been inspired by Verne or not, the similarities between Stokers's "Dracula" and Verne's "Carpathian Castle" are apparent. Jules Verne's horror novel is published in...

Combining romance and adventure, 'The Blockade Runners' is set in both Scotland and the south of America, as the American Civil War looks to become a reality. Scottish entrepreneur, Captain James Playfair,...

The ninth book in Verne's 'Extraordinary Voyages' series, 'The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa' details the adventures of a party of scientists attempting to measure...

"From the Earth to the Moon" continues in its sequel "Around the Moon" published five years after the first part. The three adventurers start their trip to the Moon hoping to survive and complete their...

Could you be Captain of a whaling ship if all the crew around you died in a tragedy? Would you even want to? And what would you do if the cook on board has plans of his own and wants to kill you? This...

Dr. Ox wants to introduce a new gas lighting system in a small Flemish town. Free of charge. However something does not add up. Solely because Dr. Ox's goal is not as philanthropic as it seems. He conducts...

"Michael Strogoff II" is the second part of Jules Verne's adventure novel from 1876. It tells the story of the courier of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Michael Strogoff. There is a treachery afoot and...

Adventure, discoveries, exploration and dangers which hold your attention to the last page. Jules Verne's "Five Weeks in a Balloon" from 1865 combines all of them successfully. It tells the story of the...

Mutiny, shipwrecks, cold, hunger and even polar bears are a part of this exciting adventure."The English at the North Pole" is the first part of Jules Verne's novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras"...

Keraban is a stubborn, headstrong man from Istanbul, whose life changes all of a sudden ... because of a simple tax. Keraban is a man of principles. He finds out that a new tax is required for crossing...

'North against South' is Verne's comment on the American Civil War. Farmer, James Burbank, is committed to the abolition of slavery, while former slaver, Texar, is a fervent supporter. However, Texar...

'The Green Ray' is a story that exemplifies the age old saying 'It's about the journey, not the destination'. The Green Rays, are rare phenomena observable only in certain places of the globe as the sun...

Jules Verne's, 'Tribulations of a Chinaman in China' is an adventure novel exploring the themes of true happiness, and the real value of life. Kin-Fo is a young and extremely rich man who suddenly loses...

The sequel to 'Robur the Conqueror,' 'The Master of the World' is part of the Extraordinary Voyages series. Narrated by Chief Inspector John Strock, the story starts with strange phenomena taking place...

Claudius Bombarnac is a reporter, tasked with writing a travelogue while aboard the Great Trans-Asiatic Railway. Hoping to spice up his story, he befriends a group of travellers, whose numbers include...

'The Survivors of the Chancellor' is a tale of shipwreck, betrayal, and intrigue. Written as journal entries from the perspective of passenger, JR Kazallon, the story starts innocently enough. Kazallon...

'Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon' follows Joam Garral a Brazilian ranch owner living on the Peruvian border. When his daughter wants to return to their old city of Belem for her wedding Joam relents...

What about an unexpected two years' vacation on a desert island? It may sound appealing from nowadays perspective. But when a marooned ship drifts to sea with nobody but a group of young boys on board,...

Strange happenings are afoot. Flight enthusiasts discuss possibilities of mastering the skies using lighter-than-air craft. A great inventor claims the opposite that mankind can conquer the world only...

Why would the Captain jump into a volcano crater? And will he make it back out alive?"The Desert of Ice" is the second part of Jules Verne's novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras" from 1864. Captain...

'The Begum's Fortune' follows the plans of two scientists, the French physicist, Sarrasin, and German, Schultz. Each has a share in inheriting a vast fortune and sets about spending it on the project...

Jules Verne's "The Lottery Ticket" is a story about a message in a bottle with a twist. Hulda Hansen's husband-to-be Ole embarks on a journey with a fishing boat with the hope to get rich and provide...

Jules Verne's "The Vanished Diamond" from 1884 takes us to the South African diamond fields. Victor Cyprien is a mining engineer who falls in love with Alice, the daughter of the rich landowner Watkins....

The American Civil War has already ended. A Gun Club plays with the idea of building a weapon which can shoot a projectile to the Moon. Calculations and funding are only a part of the obstacles in the...

What do you get if you cross a family of French acrobats with the escape of a Russian political prisoner? 'César Cascabel!'Despite the outlandish premise, Verne deftly weaves a story of intrigue, friendship,...

An homage to Dumas' 'The Count of Monte Cristo,' 'Mathias Sandorf' is an action-packed adventure story, complete with coded messages, secret identities, island adventure, and a mysterious villain hellbent...

A mine that should have been mined out years ago. A series of inexplicable events. A city that suddenly appears almost at the centre of the earth. Mining engineer James Starr discovers that his former...

The gun club of "From the Earth to the Moon" and "Around the Moon" returns after a long retirement. "The Purchase of the North Pole" brings back the three explorers who have come up with a new engineering...

Without even realizing it, the German professor Lidenbrock purchases his ticket to the center of the Earth. He finds an original runic manuscript which unfolds a long kept secret. The center of the Earth...

"Are we rising again?""No. On the contrary." "Are we descending?" "Worse than that, captain! We are falling!" Five prisoners of war escape in an air balloon during a siege. They are blown way off course...