| The Begum's Fortune Contributor(s): Verne, Jules (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592242561 ISBN-13: 9781592242566 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2021 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.24" W x 8.62" (1.07 lbs) 248 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. Includes a new introduction by literary scholar Darrell Schweitzer. |