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Thomas Roch, a brilliant French inventor, has designed the Fulgurator, a weapon so powerful that "the state which acquired it would become absolute master of earth and ocean." However, unable to sell his unproven idea to France or any other government, Roch begins to lose his... Read Full Overview

Unver?nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1897.

Facing the Flag or For the Flag is an 1896 patriotic novel by Jules Verne. The book is part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series. It has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon with the threat finally overcome through the force of French patriotism... Read Full Overview

Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begum's Millions which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally... Read Full Overview

Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begum's Millions which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally... Read Full Overview

Facing The Flag is a science fiction novel written by Jules Verne. The story revolves around Thomas Roch, a French inventor who has created a powerful weapon called the fulgurator. The fulgurator is capable of destroying anything in its path with a single shot. Roch is approached... Read Full Overview

Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begum's Millions which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally... Read Full Overview

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Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begum's Millions which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally... Read Full Overview

Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begum's Millions which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally... Read Full Overview

Ce d sir de p n trer l'int rieur de cette maison de sant , tr s c l bre alors, tr s recherch e des riches malades des tats-Unis, ne pouvait para tre que des plus naturels de la part d'un tranger. D'autres l'avaient d j visit e, qui ne portaient pas un aussi grand nom que... Read Full Overview

Ante la bandera es una novela donde se narran las peripecias de un cient fico que crea una poderos sima arma: el fulgurador Roch, en una clara alusi n a la bomba at mica. Esta novela es un claro exponente de la mentalidad de Verne con respecto a las armas, el creciente poder... Read Full Overview

El ingeniero franc s Tom s Roch inventa un arma de destrucci n masiva a la que denomina fulgurador Roch, e intenta venderla a las naciones del mundo. Al pedir un precio demasiado alto, ning n pa s compra su bomba, y el inventor cae en la locura y es internado en la "Healthful-House"... Read Full Overview

Ante la bandera es una novela donde se narran las peripecias de un cient fico que crea una poderos sima arma: el fulgurador Roch, en una clara alusi n a la bomba at mica. Esta novela es un claro exponente de la mentalidad de Verne con respecto a las armas, el creciente poder... Read Full Overview

Un savant fran?ais, Thomas Roch, auquel les gouvernements refusent de payer l'explosif qu'il a invent?, est enlev? par les pirates de Ker Karraje, ainsi que son gardien Simon Hart. Ses ravisseurs veulent l'obliger ? utiliser son invention contre un navire fran?ais...

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