Robur The Conqueror

ROBUR THE CONQUEROR Special Edition Includes THE MASTER OF THE WORLD ROBUR THE CONQUEROR THE MASTER OF THE WORLD By Jules Verne ROBUR THE CONQUEROR Synopsis An excerpt from chapter one. BANG! Bang! The pistol shots were almost simultaneous. A cow peacefully grazing fifty yards away received one of the bullets in her back. She had nothing to do with the quarrel all the same. Neither of the adversaries was hit. Who were these two gentlemen? We do not know, although this would be an excellent opportunity to hand down their names to posterity. All we can say is that the elder was an Englishman and the younger an American, and both of them were old enough to know better. So far as recording in what locality the inoffensive ruminant had just tasted her last tuft of herbage, nothing can be easier. It was on the left bank of Niagara, not far from the suspension bridge which joins the American to the Canadian bank three miles from the falls. Originally published (1886) THE MASTER OF THE WORLD By Jules Verne Synopsis Master of the World (French: Maître du monde), published in 1904, is one of the last novels by French pioneer science fiction writer, Jules Verne. It is a sequel to Robur the Conqueror. At the time Verne wrote the novel, his health was failing. Master of the World is a "black novel," filled with foreboding and fear of the rise of tyrants such as the novel's villain, Robur, and totalitarianism Originally published (1904) Republished (2019) File information: File size (Digital) (316KB) Books (2) Page count (8.5x11) (256) Word count (95,800) Working table of contents (Yes) Font size (12pt)