
The Demon of Cawnpore (Used Paperback) - Jules Verne
Steam engines, steam vessels. . . why not steam land cars? Such was Jules Verne's thinking in the Age of Steam, the fabulous century of invention that paved the way for the present. And if a steam car, why not use it for exploration, for adventure, and daring deeds? And what more exotic, more adventurous place than India, the vast sub-continent of rajahs and temples and wierd cults - and in Verne's time also a seething rebel-torn colony of Victoria's Empire? So developed Verne's marvelous adventure novel of the steam elephant, of a courageous English colonel seeking refuge and revenge, and of the steam-driven jungle caravan that took him and his band into the very heart of India's unexplored mysteries. Nana Sahib is wanted for the atrocities he committed during the Sepoy revolt in India in 1857. Ten years later, an engineer named Banks invites Colonel Munro, Captain Hood, a Frenchman named Maucler and their associates to accompany him on a tour of the northern parts of India via a unique conveyance. The conveyance's engine resembles a huge elephant, only this elephant is powered by steam. As the adventurer's head north it becomes obvious to them that Colonel Munro (whose wife was reported killed at Cawnpore) has plans to for revenge. Unknown to him, Nana Sahib has similar intentions. Fabulous Jule Verne tale about a steam elephant (Steam punk anymore?) rampaging the jungles of India. Jerome Podwill cover. Ace mass paperback, 1968, Ace #14253, 192 pages, cover art by Jerome Podwil. 12mo (7" x 4.25") Originally published as Maison a vapeur in 1880, translated by Agnes Dundas Kingston and published in two volumes in 1881 by Sampson Low as The Demon of Cawnpore (Steam House, part 1) and Tigers and Traitors (Steam House, part 2). This was edited by I. O. Evans for the hardcover Fitzroy Edition in 1959. The present volume is the 1968 Ace paperback reprint of the 1959 hardcover.
Condition: Cover and binding in good condition. Pages are discolored due to age
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