Book description
After decoding a scrap of paper in runic script, the intrepid Professor
Lidenbrock and his nervous nephew Axel travel across Iceland to find the
secret passage to the centre of the earth. Enlisting the silent Hans as
a guide, the trio encounter a perilous and astonishing subterranean
world of natural hazards, curious sights, prehistoric beasts and sea
monsters. Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in the city of
Nantes, France. He is best known for his novels
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea,
The Mysterious Island
and Around the World in Eighty Days
. Verne is often referred to as the 'Father of science fiction' because
he wrote about space, air and underwater travel before aeroplanes,
spacecrafts and submarines were invented. He died in 1905.
