'The Begum's Fortune' by Jules Verne (edited by I.O. Evans)
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 1958 (1st edition not a recent reprint)
Genre:
- Science Fiction
- Society and Social Science (Utopian)
- Classics
Details:
Book 18 in the 'Extraordinary Voyages' series
Two heirs to an Indian Begum's estate -- Dr. Francois Sarrasin, a Frenchman, and Professor Schultz, a German -- split 525 million francs. With his half of the money, Sarrasin builds an ideal community called Frankville in the northwestern United States. Schultz uses his half to construct a city called Steeltown, which produces weapons of destruction. Of course, their ideologies clash . . . literally and figuratively.
Condition:
Good
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