Jules Verne

The Blockade Runner Jules Verne

The French novelist Jules Verne published The Blockade Runner in 1865. This novella is centers around voyages sailing across the Atlantic ocean under the blockage of the British empire. Themes and plots centers around merchant captain name James Playfair who must break through union blockade at Charleston harbor in present day South Carolina to trade. This great short novel that captures extraordinary events during the American revolution.