'Five Weeks in a Ballon' is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the 'ingredients' of his later work, skilfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explor...
'Five Weeks in a Ballon' is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the 'ingredients' of his later work, skilfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explor...