Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Resumen del libro

Three adventurers set out to kill a sea monster, but all is not as it seems. Out in the vast expanse of the Pacific they find not a beast but a submarine - the Nautilus, an advanced craft captained by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Captured and hauled aboard, they accompany him through coral reefs, shipwrecks, and ancient ruins.

There they hunt sharks, and battle giant squid, not realising that the greatest danger is Nemo himself, who will stop at nothing in his quest for vengeance. Beautifully illustrated by the French painter Edouard Riou, who worked with Jules Verne on six of his novels, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea also includes an afterword by author David Stuart Davies. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles.

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Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;STRONG Jules Vernex{0026}lt;/STRONG (Nantes, 8 de febrero de 1828 - Amiens, 24 de marzo de 1905) fue un escritor francés conocido especialmente por novelas donde aparecen muchos temas de ciencia-ficción y un número considerable de inventos técnicos. Una de sus ideas era la "novela de la ciencia": escribir aventuras basadas en los inventos y avances científicos y técnicos. Sus obras más destacadas son: x{0026}lt;EM Viaje al centro de la Tierrax{0026}lt;/EM , x{0026}lt;EM Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarinox{0026}lt;/EM ,x{0026}lt;EM La vuelta al mundo en 80 díasx{0026}lt;/EM y x{0026}lt;EM Miguel Strogoffx{0026}lt;/EM .