Jules Verne wrote this classic as a concurrent, companion
story to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
The Seas. Verne seemed to have a
deep interest in the American Civil War, as many of his stories revolve around
this cataclysmic event in American history.
While his stories include the War, they take many liberties with what
actually happened, or what the facts really were. Nevertheless, the novels are great
fun...despite the fact there never was a Confederate observation balloon in
Richmond in 1865…
The first English edition of The Mysterious Island came out in three volumes in 1875: