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Robur the Conqueror

Mark Twain

Publisher: Fantastica

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Summary

Robur kidnaps the Weldon Institute's secretary, president, and the president's valet. He takes them on board his ship, a huge, battery-powered, multirotor gyrodyne called the Albatross, which has many vertical airscrews to provide lift, and two horizontal airscrews in a push-pull configuration to drive the vessel forward.
Available since: 04/15/2016.

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