{"product_id":"miss-musketeeer-paul-divoi-9781649321084","title":"Miss Musketeeer","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1894 and 1914, Paul d'Ivoi (1856-1915) wrote a series of 21 volumes, collectively entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Eccentric Voyages\u003c\/em\u003e, clearly inspired by and updating Jules Verne's classic \u003cem\u003eExtraordinary Voyage\u003c\/em\u003es.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile not quite matching Verne for verve and invention, d'Ivoi succeeded in appealing to a new generation of readers by updating many of the great author's ideas, featuring among other concepts an airship with mobile wings, an amphibious mobile fortress, a super-submarine, various types of death rays, futuristic weapons and other mechanical sci-fi devices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiss Musketeer\u003c\/em\u003e (1907) is the second volume of \u003cem\u003eThe Eccentric Voyages \u003c\/em\u003eto be published by Black Coat Press, after \u003cem\u003eAround the World on Five Sous\u003c\/em\u003e (1894), the first in the series, with two more volumes planned, in order to illustrate d'Ivoi's not insignificant contribution to the French \u003cem\u003eroman scientifique\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiss Musketeer\u003c\/em\u003e is the concluding chapter of a trilogy dealing with the revolt of Asia and the attempts by a powerful pan-Asiatic secret society, the Amber Masks, to throw off the yoke of the Western colonizers. Armed with a variety of advanced weaponry, the Amber Masks are only opposed by a motley band of fearless heroes: the intrepid Turkic adventurer Dodekhan, master of a rival secret society, that of the Blue Flag, the French popular writer Max Soleil, and, most of all, Max's girlfriend, the young, indomitable British millionairess, Miss Violet Musketeer! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul D'Ivoi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1649321082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781649321084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hollywood Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Paul D'Ivoi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044834996479,"sku":"9781649321084","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a010764-31d4-4ca6-91fe-9c6cb0c77b64.jpg?v=1684975174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/miss-musketeeer-paul-divoi-9781649321084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}