Robur, o Conquistador by Jules Verne
"Robur, o Conquistador" by Jules Verne is a science fiction novel published in 1886. When mysterious lights, sounds, and black flags appear worldwide atop famous landmarks, the enigmatic inventor Robur crashes a Philadelphia flight club meeting to challenge their beliefs about aviation. After kidnapping the club's leaders aboard his revolutionary flying machine, the Albatross, he takes them on a globe-spanning journey to prove the superiority of heavier-than-air flight, sparking a dramatic conflict
over the future of human aviation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 |
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| Translator | Ayres, Christovam, 1853-1930 |
| Uniform Title | Robur le conquérant. Portuguese |
| Title | Robur, o Conquistador |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur_the_Conqueror Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur_el_conquistador |
| Credits |
Produced by Júlio Reis, Leonor Silva and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 54.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Aeronautics -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 62101 |
| Release Date | May 11, 2020 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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