On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club Phileas Fogg a gentleman of great wealth & exacting tastes makes an extraordinary £20000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat & circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days Accompanied only by his new French valet the steady Passepartout he sets off on a thrilling journey Adventure chaos & romance ensue as the daring pair harness the new power of super hot steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies & beat the clock The exciting adventures of Fogg & Passepartout in Jules Verne&s Around the World in Eighty Days will entertain modern readers as much as they did the Victorians & are accompanied here by an afterword from John Grant Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector&s Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector&s Library are books to love & treasure