The underground city : a new translation of the complete text with illustrations by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, author, Crozier, Sarah (Translator), translator; Thompson, Ian Bentley, writer of foreword; Barbant, Charles, illustrator; Férat, Jules Descartes, 1829-1906, illustrator; Translation of: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Indes noires instant download

The underground city : a new translation of the complete text with illustrations by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, author, Crozier, Sarah (Translator), translator; Thompson, Ian Bentley, writer of foreword; Barbant, Charles, illustrator; Férat, Jules Descartes, 1829-1906, illustrator; Translation of: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Indes noires instant download

xvii, 214 pages : 20 cm, \"Ten years after manager James Starr left the Aberfoyle mine underneath Loch Katrine exhausted of coal, he receives an intriguing missive that suggests the pit isn't barren after all. When Starr returns and discovers that there is indeed more coal to quarry, he and his workers are beset by strange events, hinting at a presence that does not wish to see them excavate the cavern further. Could there be someone out to sabotage their work? Or is something more menacing afoot, something unnatural they can neither see nor understand? When one of his miners falls in love with a young girl found abandoned down a mineshaft, their unknown assailant makes it clear that nothing will stop its efforts to shut down the mine and prevent the wedding, even if that means draining Loch Katrine itself!\"--Page 4 of cover, \"The reopening of a mine in Scotland leads to the discovery of a small community who have been living underground for decades. Mysterious events are blamed on supranormal creatures but are eventually explained\"--British Library Collection items website, viewed February 10, 2020, \"Inside illustrations are the original engravings by Charles Barbant of J Férat's drawings from the first edition of Les Indes noires by Jules Verne, Paris 1877\"--Preliminary page