Master of the World (novel)
The Lord of the World is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne. The novel was first published in 1904 by the publisher Pierre -Jules Hetzel under the French title Maître du monde. The first German -language edition was published in 1905 under the title of Lord of the world. The English title of the novel 'Master of the World. The Lord of the World is the sequel to Robur the Conqueror, in the Robur plays only a minor role.
Action
The plot of the novel takes place in the United States. From the summit of the Great Eyrie, a less than 600 m high mountain in the Appalachian Mountains in the state of North Carolina suddenly clouds of smoke sources. The residents of the village of Pleasant Garden, located at the foot of the mountain, are torn by a violent earthquake rogue from sleep. On the summit of the Great Eyrie appear flames. The residents fear that the Great Eyrie is a volcano. The experiment with a balloon over the mountain to fly out the cause of this fails because the balloon is driven off by the wind in the wrong direction.
The inspector John Strock from Washington, D.C. receives from his superiors the Superintendent Ward commissioned to investigate the mysterious happenings. Both do not believe in the volcanic theory. Strock travels to Pleasant Garden and tried with an expedition that belong to the two leaders and the mayor to climb the Great Eyrie. However, you must reverse below the summit, as this proves to be inaccessible. You can not beat the overhanging wall that surrounds the summit of the Great Eyrie.
Two weeks later a unknown vehicle that is traveling with a for that time incredibly high speed of about 240 km / h on the streets of the state of Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia area. A short time later taking the same vehicle unannounced in a car race part, which organized the Automobile Club of Milwaukee. It leaves the track, runs past the finish line and disappeared in Lake Michigan.
A movable Something appears several times off the coast of New England, but disappears before he can approach a ship. Even from a Navy cruiser, the vehicle can not be obtained. Shortly thereafter formed on the Kirdallsee in Kansas with no wind at various points strudel. The public suspects that they are caused by a sea monster or a submarine.
Inspector Strock is assigned to investigate the events. In his letter, he finds a box of H. d W. signed anonymous letter, in which he is warned not to pursue the matter further. He notes that he is shaded by two unknown men. The unknown inventor of the mysterious vehicle is publicly asked to sell his invention to the Government of the United States. In the letter box of the police headquarters from Washington soon afterwards found an answer of the unknown to the government. The letter was written on board the mysterious vehicle that bears the name of Terror. The undersigned, the Lord of the world, declared that it was useless to try to take possession of the vehicle. He refuses his invention to anyone to sell and explains that he aspires to rule the world with his indomitable machine.
Next, the Terror is on Lake Erie in the bay of Black Rock, which is located near Toledo, Ohio, spotted. Inspector Strock travels to Toledo and the Terror lurks along with two colleagues in the bay. When the Terror appears, go two men ashore, another remains on board the vehicle. The policemen left their hiding place and to identify themselves. The two men flee aboard the Terror. As the vehicle fled leaving the bay, the anchor hooked in the belt of Inspector Strocks pants. Strock is dragged and loses consciousness.
Strock comes back aboard the Terror to himself, still floating on Lake Erie. The three men on board ignore his attempts to start a conversation with them. Two warships appear and attack the Terror. The Terror flees in the direction of Niagara Falls. The warships set the persecution. Just before she gulps down the cases, two wings appear on the trunk of the Terror and the Terror flies away. The Terror is driven in flight from those resounding as in bird flight wings. Addition, it has two turbines, which organize also the propulsion in the water.
The Terror lands at their base, which is located in the crater of the volcano supposed Great Eyrie. Since Strock gets to know the Commander, the Lord of the world, who introduces himself as Robur the Conqueror him. This will dissolve his base, as he has caught on the Great Eyrie too much attention. After the team faked a volcanic eruption by fire to a big pile of grass, sets the Terror continued their flight.
About the Gulf of Mexico, the megalomaniac Robur controls the Terror deliberately in a storm, in which he sees an attack on his person. Robur God wants to show that this still has to tolerate other gods beside him. The Terror is finally met in the center of the storm of lightning, which brings the electrical system to explode. The Terror plunges from a height of 300 m into the sea. Strock is the only survivor of the disaster, he is clinging to a wheel, taken from a ship.
Filming
- The novel was made into a film in the U.S. in 1961 by director William Witney starring Vincent Price as Robur and Charles Bronson as an inspector Strock with the title Robur, the Lord of the seven continents. The plot is a combination of Robur the Conqueror and The Lord of the world.
- Furthermore, this novel was filmed in 1976 as an animation film. Director: Leif Gram; , Original Title: Master Of The World; Length in stock: 60 minutes, German VHS: 45 (44 ) minutes; Manuscript: John Palmer; Camera Jenny Steer and David McCullough; Executive Producer: Walter J. Jucker; Director: Leif Gram; Production: AIR PROGRAMS INTERNATIONAL 1976; First broadcast on CBS on October 23, 1976 German machining CINESOR, Peter Kölsch