Facing the Flag (Annotated)
READING AGE 16+
• All content is redone in a new style, with the author's name and the title of the novel at the top.• For a better glance, a small graphic is added at the beginning of each chapter.• With a picture of Jules Verne, a detailed biography of him is added.Jules Verne's patriotic novel "Facing the Flag" or "For the Flag" was published in 1896. The book is part of a series called "Voyages Extraordinaires (Extraordinary Journeys)." The idea of France and the entire globe being attacked by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) is repeated in "The Begum's Millions," which Verne published in 1879, and the menace is finally averted through the force of French patriotism. It is one of the earliest works to deal with issues that would become crucial in World War II and the Cold War half a century after its release.
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On Board the “Tonnant”A
fter the failure of Lieutenant Davon’s mission with the Sword, the English authorities waited in vain for the expedition to return, and the conviction at length gained ground that the bold sailors had perished; but whether the Sword had been lost by striking against a rock……
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