Is It Based on a Book?
Robur the Conqueror book cover

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Movie · 1961

Is Master of the World based on a book?

Quick answer

Yes. Master of the World is based on the works Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne (1886) and Master of the World by Jules Verne (1904).

Robur the Conqueror is book 29 of the Voyages Extraordinaires series.

The movie was released in 1961.

The book behind Master of the World

Robur the Conqueror cover

Robur the Conqueror

by Jules Verne · first published 1886 · science fiction

1886 novel by Jules Verne.

Master of the World

by Jules Verne · first published 1904 · 317 pages · science fiction, adventure fiction, crime fiction

Novel by Jules Verne.

Voyages Extraordinaires: books in order

  1. Cinq Semaines en ballon (1863)
  2. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (1864)
  3. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864)
  4. From the Earth to the Moon (1865)
  5. In Search of the Castaways (1864)
  6. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869)
  7. Around the Moon (1870)
  8. A Floating City (1871)
  9. The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa (1872)
  10. The Fur Country (1873)
  11. Around the World in Eighty Days (1872)
  12. The Mysterious Island (1888)
  13. The Survivors of the Chancellor (1875)
  14. Michael Strogoff (1876)
  15. Off on a Comet
  16. The Child of the Cavern (1877)
  17. Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen (1878)
  18. The Begum's Fortune (1879)
  19. Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (1879)
  20. The Steam House (1880)
  21. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon (1881)
  22. Godfrey Morgan (1882)
  23. The Green Ray (1882)
  24. Kéraban the Inflexible (1883)
  25. The Vanished Diamond (1884)
  26. The Archipelago on Fire (1884)
  27. Mathias Sandorf (1885)
  28. The Lottery Ticket (1886)
  29. Robur the Conqueror (1886)
  30. Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South (1887)
  31. The Flight to France (1887)
  32. Two Years' Vacation (1888)
  33. Family Without a Name (1889)
  34. The Purchase of the North Pole (1889)
  35. César Cascabel (1890)
  36. Mistress Branican (1891)
  37. The Castle From Carpathians (1892)
  38. Claudius Bombarnac (1892)
  39. Foundling Mick (1893)
  40. Captain Antifer (1894)
  41. Propeller Island (1895)
  42. Facing the Flag (1896)
  43. Clovis Dardentor (1896)
  44. An Antarctic Mystery (1897)
  45. The Mighty Orinoco (1898)
  46. The Will of an Eccentric (1899)
  47. The Castaways of the Flag (1900)
  48. The Village in the Treetops (1901)
  49. The Sea Serpent (1901)
  50. The Kip Brothers (1902)
  51. Traveling Scholarships (1903)
  52. A Drama in Livonia (1904)
  53. Master of the World (1904)

Common questions

Is Master of the World based on a book?

Yes. Master of the World is based on the works Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne (1886) and Master of the World by Jules Verne (1904).

Who wrote the book Master of the World is based on?

Robur the Conqueror was written by Jules Verne and first published in 1886.

Is Robur the Conqueror part of a series?

Yes, it is book 29 in the Voyages Extraordinaires series (16 books listed below in reading order).

Should I read the book before watching?

Start with Cinq Semaines en ballon, book 1 of Robur the Conqueror. If you like knowing the full story and characters first, read it before you watch. Adaptations often change or cut plotlines, so the book is a different experience even if you've seen the movie.

More screen adaptations of Jules Verne's books

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