Blockade Runners, The

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Jules Verne is the author of many classic, world-famous novels such as ""Around the World in 80 Days"" and ""Journey to the Centre of the Earth"". In this brand-new translation of ""The Blockade Runners"", Verne moves seamlessly between Scotland and the southern states of the US during the American Civil War. With the southern harbours effectively sealed by the North, Scottish industrialist James Playfair must run a daring Federalist blockade of a Charleston harbour in an effort to trade supplies for cotton and to rescue a young girl's father, held prisoner by the Confederates. As the blockade grows tighter, will Playfair risk all to save the man, or will he head back to Scotland in safety with his hold full of precious cotton? ""The Blockade Runners"" is a translation of ""Les Forceurs de Blocus"" (1871). As a novella, it was originally included along with ""A Floating City"" in the first English and French editions.

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Title	Blockade Runners, The
Author	Jules Verne
Binding	Paperback
ISBN-13	9781905222209
No. of Pages	192
Series	N/A
Edition	N/A
Author Bio	Jules Verne was born in 1828, in Nantes, France. In 1847 he studied Law in Paris, but this was not his main passion in life. He enjoyed writing more than anything, and his first play was published in 1850. He was Scottish on his mother's side and developed a profound interest in Scotland. Also a keen geographer, he spent many hours in Paris libraries studying engineering and astronomy researching his first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, which was published in 1863. A year later he published one of his most famous novels, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was published in 1873. He wrote prolifically through the rest of his life (54 novels) and died in 1905.
Back Cover Copy	Blockade runners in the American Civil War risked the Unionist blockade to trade in the Confederate ports. The potential profit for those who evaded the blockade was a great temptation for some merchants, regardless of their political views. In The Blockade Runners, a Scottish merchant James Playfair hatches a scheme to sail across the Atlantic during the American Civil War sea blockade smuggling weapons to the Confederates in exchange for cotton. His mission is put at risk when Jenny, the daughter of an abolitionist, is discovered on board. Will he risk everything to save her father, a prisoner of the Confederates? Torn between his desire for a successful mission and his growing love for Jenny, James must choose his allegiances carefully.
Reviews	The Blockade Runners is a superbly constructed novella. IAN THOMPSON The Blockade Runners belongs to the period when the inspiration of the author was growing in power. CHRISTIAN ROBIN, Verne Scholar
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BISAC Subject	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
BIC Subject	War & combat fiction

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