The Castaways of the Flag

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The Castaways of the Flag
'Second Fatherland' by George Roux 01.jpg
Title page of a Hetzel edition
Author Jules Verne
Original title Seconde patrie
Translator Cranstoun Metcalfe
Illustrator Georges Roux
Country France
Language French
Series The Extraordinary Voyages #47
Genre Adventure novel
Publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date
1900
Published in English
1923
Media type Print (Hardback)
ISBN N/A
Preceded by The Will of an Eccentric
Followed by The Village in the Treetops

The Castaways of the Flag (French: Seconde patrie, lit. Second Fatherland, 1900) is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne. The two volumes of the novel were initially published in English translation as two separate volumes: Their Island Home and The Castaways of the Flag. Later reprints were published as The Castaways of the Flag.

The story is a sequel to The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, picking up where that novel leaves off.

Publication history[edit]

  • 1923, Their Island Home and The Castaways of the Flag, London: Sampson Low

Plot summary[edit]

Map of "New Switzerland"

Bibliography[edit]

  • Title The castaways of the flag: the final adventures of the Swiss family Robinson
  • Authors Jules Verne, Johann David Wyss
  • Editor S. Low, Marston, 1924
  • 242 pages

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