Robur the Conqueror
A visionary yet ruthless engineer conquers the skies with a terrifying flying machine, upending convention.
About this book
Jules Verne's Robur the Conqueror is a crackling Victorian-era adventure that pits audacious invention against established ideas: the enigmatic Robur appears with a revolutionary heavier-than-air craft, challenging the proponents of dirigibles and rattling polite society with demonstrations of speed, daring, and technical bravado. Told through the eyes of skeptical witnesses drawn unwillingly into Robur’s orbit, the novel blends breathless set-piece aerial encounters with witty debates about progress, authority, and the moral cost of mastery over nature. Brimming with Verne’s trademark appetite for engineering wonder and human foibles, it’s a propulsive, thought-provoking ride that thrills without revealing its final reckoning.