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9781434634061
How perfectly improper! Mrs. Van Stuyler thinks her young charge, Lila, looks more radiantly beautiful than ever. Worse, the girl looks resigned to a fate surely worse than death -- for the two of them have been kidnapped by Lord Redgrave, and are rising toward the stars aboard his amazing ship, the "Astronef!" This remarkable adventure through the marvels and perils of the Solar system was penned at a time when even heavier-than-air voyages had yet to be proven feasible, and shows pioneering British author George Griffith (1857-1906) at his science-fictional best.Griffith, George is the author of 'Honeymoon in Space', published 2007 under ISBN 9781434634061 and ISBN 143463406X.
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