The Master of the World: Annotated and Illustrated

By: Verne, Jules

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 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.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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08JZRXWXX
• ISBN13: 9798689652610
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10