Is It Based on a Book?
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TV series · 2002 · WOWOW

Is Secret of Cerulean Sand based on a book?

Quick answer

Yes. Secret of Cerulean Sand is based on the works Facing the Flag by Jules Verne (1896) and The Barsac Mission by Michel Verne and Jules Verne (1914).

Facing the Flag is book 42 of the Voyages Extraordinaires series.

The TV series premiered in 2002 on WOWOW.

The book behind Secret of Cerulean Sand

Facing the Flag

by Jules Verne · first published 1896 · travel literature, science fiction, adventure fiction

Novel by Jules Verne.

The Barsac Mission

by Michel Verne and Jules Verne · first published 1914 · adventure fiction

Novel by Jules and Michel 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)

Other adaptations of Facing the Flag

Common questions

Is Secret of Cerulean Sand based on a book?

Yes. Secret of Cerulean Sand is based on the works Facing the Flag by Jules Verne (1896) and The Barsac Mission by Michel Verne and Jules Verne (1914).

Who wrote the book Secret of Cerulean Sand is based on?

Facing the Flag was written by Jules Verne and Michel Verne and first published in 1896.

Is Facing the Flag part of a series?

Yes, it is book 42 in the Voyages Extraordinaires series (22 books listed below in reading order).

Should I read the book before watching?

Start with Cinq Semaines en ballon, book 1 of Facing the Flag. 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 TV series.

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