Five Weeks in a Balloon

FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON is Jules Verne at his very best. It is properly sub-titled Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen. The sub-title actually tells the entire story which is set in the late 1800s and readers who enjoy adventure are in for a splendid treat. Dr. Samuel Ferguson conceives of exploring Africa from the air in a balloon that Ferguson designs and the adventurers name VICTORIA. The doctors long-time friend and associate Richard Kennedy reluctantly agrees to accompany him on this dangerous journey and the doctors servant Joseph Wilson is traveler number three. One hair-raising adventure follows another from being chased by cannibals...to having their balloon attacked and badly damaged by huge birds...being attacked by lions...and a chase across the desert by blood-thirsty Arabs. These and many other life threatening challenges will have the reader on the edge of his seat as the three men make their way across mysterious Africa.