{"product_id":"around-the-world-in-eighty-days-by-jules-verne-9781847499202","title":"Around the World in Eighty Days","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving learnt that a new railway in India has made it theoretically possible to travel all the way around the globe in no more than eighty days, Phileas Fogg, a wealthy and fastidious London gentleman, makes a wager of £20,000 with his Reform Club associates that he can achieve this hitherto unheard-of feat. Accompanied by his French valet, Jean Passepartout, he boards a train for Dover the very same evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePursued on their epic journey by a Scotland Yard policeman who has mistaken Fogg for a bank robber, the intrepid voyagers face a race against time. They traverse a range of exotic and sometimes hazardous landscapes and make use of any and every mode of transport available to them – including elephants – in order to achieve their goal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA huge commercial success on first publication in 1872, \u003cem\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/em\u003e has been adapted numerous times for the stage and the screen. It has also inspired many real-life adventurers who have sought to emulate Fogg’s audacious odyssey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47495007535340,"sku":"9781847499202","price":16.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781847499202-around-the-world-in-eighty-days.jpg?v=1775793677","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-by-jules-verne-9781847499202","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}