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Release date is 2006-08-21

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"Robur de Veroveraar" by Jules Verne is a science fiction novel published in 1886. When mysterious lights, sounds, and black flags appear worldwide atop famous landmarks, a brilliant inventor named Robur crashes a flight enthusiasts' meeting to challenge their beliefs about aviation. After kidnapping the club's leaders aboard his revolutionary flying machine, the Albatross, he takes them on a globe-spanning journey to prove the superiority of heavier-than-air craft, sparking a conflict between vision and pride. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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