The Temple of Fire - Or The Mysterious Island

Fenton Ash

Sinossi

„The Temple of Fire, or The Mysterious Island” (1905), the author’s seventh novel out of an eventual 14. It is an absorbing lost-world adventure, characterized by vividly imaginative. Francis Henry Atkins – British speculative fiction writer, working mainly under two pseudonyms (Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash) in sequence, was extremely successful and influential. He played an important role in the History of Science-Fiction.

Disponibile da: 08/03/2022.

Lunghezza di stampa: 237 pagine.

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