A not very well known Verne novel despite a high concept - it's about an island that travels around the world, as a home for the rich. There's two main families who are rivals and an exiled king plus four musicians who wind up on the island (the story is told through their eyes).
There's stuff happening in the book - a collision with a British ship, picking up a Malay boat that turns out to be full of pirates, a storm, visiting Pacific islands full of cannibals. It's not excitingly realised though - Verne is more interest in travelogues and creating dramatic situations. But I'm surprised this isn't more famous.
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