Claudius Bombarnac

By Jules Verne

In this novel, Claudius Bombarnac is a reporter is assigned by his employer, the Twentieth Century, to cover the travels of the Grand TransAsiatic Railway running from Uzun Ada, Turkestan, across Asia to Peking, China. Accompanying him on his journey is an interesting collection of characters, including someone who is trying to beat the round the world record and another who is a stowaway. Claudius hopes one of them will become the hero of his piece-he craves some sort of incident to bring a little excitement to his life-so his story won't be just another boring travelogue. He is not disappointed when a special car guarded by troops is added to the train, said to be carrying the remains of a great Mandarin. The great Mandarin actually turns out to be a large consignment being returned to China from Persia. Unfortunately the train must travel through a large part of China that is controlled by unscrupulous robber-chiefs. This edition contains 56 illustrations from the original printing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1304827852
• ISBN13: 9781304827852
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"