<p>In <i>Journey to the Centre of the Earth</i>, an obsessive German professor and his nephew travel towards the earth¿s core in the steps of a medieval explorer beneath an Icelandic volcano where they discover a lost world. <i>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea </i>is famous for its portrayal of the Byronic Captain Nemo and his submarine, the <i>Nautilus</i>, in which he explores the ocean while wreaking vengeance on mankind for their wickedness. In <i>Around the World in Eighty Days</i>, a starchy Englishman suspected of robbing the Bank of England accepts a bet that he cannot circumnavigate the globe in that time, and proceeds to do so, accompanied by his resourceful valet, Passepartout.<br><br>The three novels combine fantasy and rich local colour with true learning and cod science in a mixture which attracts readers of all ages.</p>