Voyage into the Deep

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In this brooding tale, Francois Riviere tells the story of how Jules Verne, the greatest science fiction writer of the nineteenth century, composed his masterpeice, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, in the midst of a fantastical journey of his own. Who are the strange characters crossing Verne's path - a nameless orphan with a musterious package, and Indian princess on an obsessive quest, and an eccentric artist of extraordinary creations? Through them, Verne discovers and immortalizes the most compelling character of his writing career: Captian Nemo. Weaving together details of Verne's own life with events aboard the infamous Nautilus, Riviere tells a powerful - and cryptic - tale of art, science and the terrible consequences of unbridled passion.