'Around the World in Eighty Days' is more than just an adventure - first published in 1873 it is now a remarkable snapshot of its time. In this brand new edition, Robert Ingpen's wonderful illustrations bring this favourite Jules Verne story vividly to life.
When the calm and resourceful Phileas Fog takes up a wager at the London Reform Club to prove that the world is a smaller place and that is can now be circumnavigated in eighty days - little did his faithful valet Passepartout realise what adventures they had in store for them - what a series of triumphs, mishaps and near misses, as they make use of nearly every available form of transport known to man - steamers, railways, carriages, yachts, trading-vessels, sledges, elephants.
