THE AIRSHIP WAVE OF 1896-1897
Robur the Conqueror i s a science fiction novel by Jules Verne , published in 1886. It is also known as The Clipper of the Clouds . It has a sequel, Master of the World , which was published in 1904. Film The story was adapted into a 1961 film, Master of the World , with Vincent Price as Robur. The film kept the basic concept but added elements of intrigue and a romance to the plot. In this version, Robur is an idealist who plans to conquer the world in order to put an end to tyranny and war. Using the Albatross he plans to bomb the nations of the world until he is acknowledged its ruler. (In contrast, the novel’s Robur has no such aims, and bombs only one ground target: an African coronation where a mass human sacrifice is about to take place.) FULL TEXT The Airship Wave Of 1896-1897 Mystery airships or phantom airships are a class of unidentified flying objects best known from a series of newspaper reports originating in the western United States and s
