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The Blockade Runners
Jules Verne
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Description for The Blockade Runners
Paperback. A translation of "Les Forceurs de Blocus". In this book, the author moves between Scotland and the southern states of the US during the American Civil War. Scottish industrialist James Playfair must run a daring Federalist blockade of a Charleston harbour in an effort to trade supplies for cotton, and to rescue a young girl's father. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FJH; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Jules Verne is the author of many classic, world-famous novels such as Around the World in 80 Days and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. In this brand-new translation of The Blockade Runners, Verne moves seamlessly between Scotland and the southern states of the US during the American Civil War. With the southern harbours effectively sealed by the North, Scottish industrialist James Playfair must run a daring Federalist blockade of a Charleston harbour in an effort to trade supplies for cotton and to rescue a young girl's father, held prisoner by the Confederates. As the blockade grows tighter, will ... Read more
Jules Verne is the author of many classic, world-famous novels such as Around the World in 80 Days and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. In this brand-new translation of The Blockade Runners, Verne moves seamlessly between Scotland and the southern states of the US during the American Civil War. With the southern harbours effectively sealed by the North, Scottish industrialist James Playfair must run a daring Federalist blockade of a Charleston harbour in an effort to trade supplies for cotton and to rescue a young girl's father, held prisoner by the Confederates. As the blockade grows tighter, will ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905222209
SKU
V9781905222209
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-49
About Jules Verne
Jules Verne was born in 1828, in Nantes, France. In 1847 he studied Law in Paris, but this was not his main passion in life. He enjoyed writing more than anything, and his first play was published in 1850. He was Scottish on his mother's side and developed a profound interest in Scotland. Also a keen geographer, he spent many ... Read more
Reviews for The Blockade Runners
The Blockade Runners is a superbly constructed novella. - IAN THOMPSON The Blockade Runners belongs to the period when the inspiration of the author was growing in power. - CHRISTIAN ROBIN, Verne Scholar Verne's is a tale of love and honour that also manages to concern itself with the abolition of slavery, though with ... Read more