Facing the Flag

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, who contributed to the development of the genre of the adventure fiction. The adventure fiction features the strict opposition between the good characters and the evil ones. It also features the exaggeration of the experience and feelings as well as the use of mysteries and riddles. An unexpected ending is typical of such stories. He is often considered the founding father of the science-fiction as well. According to UNESCO Jules Verne's are on the second place out of all the books in the world, judging on the amount of their translations.


Facing the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne published in 1879 faces with a problem of mass destruction weapons. Novel has a theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon. It is considered in the literary world one of the best books dealing with issues which was to become paramount till nowadays after its publication. Storyline focuses on brilliant scientists which were destined to invent new weapons of great destructive power probably able to eliminate all humankind. Who will make the best effort to obtain an unlimited control of the whole world?