Facing the Flag

Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begum''s Millions which Verne published in 1879 , it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally overcome through the force of French patriotism. It can be considered one of the first books dealing with problems ...