A nice edition with 35 illustrations from the French edition by George Roux.
The Master of the World, published in 1904, is one of the last novels by French pioneer science fiction writer, Jules Verne. It is a sequel to Clipper of the Clouds, also known as Robur the Conqueror. At the time Verne wrote the novel, his health was failing. Master of the World is filled with foreboding and fear of the rise of tyrants such as the novel's villain, Robur, and totalitarianism. Set in the summer of 1903, a series of unexplained events occur across the Eastern United States, caused by objects moving with such great speed that they are nearly invisible. Robur has perfected a new machine, which he has dubbed the "Terror." It is a ten-meter long vehicle, capable of operating as a speedboat, submarine, automobile, or aircraft.
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