Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneHaving assured the members of London's exclusive Reform Club that he will circumnavigate the world in 80 days, Fogg stiff, repressed, English starts by joining forces with an irrepressible Frenchman, Passepartout, and then with a ravishing Indian beauty, Aouda. Together they slice through jungles, over snowbound passes, even across an entire isthmus only to get back five minutes late. Fogg faces despair and suicide, but Aouda makes a new man of him,

a green thing squeezed out of the earth

'Frank Paul is an extremely impressive chap and a dazzling quizzer' Victoria Coren Mitchell

high-speed chases

with his encouragement and undying support

'Essentially a love story

But she should be

Nobody asked for this

offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress

ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781789940497

One small island

- 12 fun chapters

set in Renaissance Italy