Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
by Jules Verne
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- VG+
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Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. It is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description.
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- 5373
- Title
- Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Arlington Edition (1880s)
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1869
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