James Playfair must break the Union blockade of Charleston South Carolina to trade supplies for cotton and more importantly to rescue a man being held prisoner by the Confederates. A rousing adventure full of action and daring do.
James Playfair must break the Union blockade of Charleston South Carolina to trade supplies for cotton and more importantly to rescue a man being held prisoner by the Confederates. A rousing adventure full of action and daring do.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) Jules Verne was a French author and is known for his fictions of adventure such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. Verne anticipated the skyscraper, the submarine, and the airplane, many other inventions, and he is regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction. Legendary science fiction and adventure author Jules Verne is remembered for his fascinating stories of travel and excitement. He wrote many fantasy stories and his combination of realism and romanticism exercised a lasting influence on many writers such as Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Jean-Paul Sartre. A pioneer of the science-fiction genre, Jules Verne, a French author, is known for his writings about cosmic, atmospheric and underwater travel which runs our imagination ahead of its time.