Flight to France
By Jules Verne
1885
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Volume 31 of 54 of Jules Verne's "Extraordinary Voyages", first printed in 1887. Set during a war between France and Germany in 1792, Natalis, a young Captain in the French army finds himself pursuing a young woman while serving his combat duties in Prussia. The young woman, Martha, is also the recipient of the affections of Natilis' commanding officer. A rivalry breaks out between the two, which ultimately results in an escape to France.
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Jules Verne
Author · 146 books
Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules\_V...
