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| Author | Jules Verne |
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| Original title | L’Archipel en feu |
| Illustrator | Léon Benett |
| Language | French |
| Series | The Extraordinary Voyages #26 |
| Genre | Adventure novel |
| Publisher | Pierre-Jules Hetzel |
Publication date | 1884 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1885 |
| Preceded by | The Vanished Diamond |
| Followed by | Mathias Sandorf |
Original text | L’Archipel en feu at FrenchWikisource |
The Archipelago on Fire (French:L’Archipel en feu,1884) is anadventure novel written byJules Verne, taking place during theGreek War of Independence.
On the 18th of October, 1827, about five o’clock in the evening, a smallLevantine vessel piloted by Captain Nicholas Starcos of the Karysta returns home toVitylo, an ancient village in thePeloponnesus, only to be denied entry by his mother, who denounces him for what he has become.
Lt. Henry d’Albaret of theFrench Navy, and other Frenchmen, have joined the Greeks in this war. After recovering from a wound received in battle, d’Albaret meets Hadjine Elizundo, his banker's lovely daughter. They fall in love then make plans to marry, but Starcos, who holds a devastating secret against the girl's father, demands her hand in marriage—or else. The distraught father soon dies, thus freeing Hadjine from her obligation of marrying Starcos, but she breaks off her engagement to d’Albaret, who is a respectable and honest man, because of her father's scandalous dealings with Captain Starcos.
While she takes steps to right her father's wrongs, the distraught d’Albaret returns to the war until he is given command of the ship Syphanta. He then sails along the archipelago in search ofpirates, who are taking advantage of the conflict. Eventually d’Albaret tracks Sacratif, a notorious pirate, toCrete, where Verne brings this informative and entertaining novel to a surprise ending.
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