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L’Atlantide (1919), arguably Pierre Benoit’s most famous novel, tells the story of two French military officers in the Sahara who discover the lost city of Atlantis. This novel was a popular success and was translated into several languages. It also generated controversy due to its similarities to the novel She, by H. Rider Haggard. Benoit was even brought to court over these similarities, but was ultimately cleared of plagiarism charges.
Excerpt from Atlantida (L'atlantide) As to this disclosure, let no one distrust my aim when I prepare for it, when I insist upon it. You may believe me when I maintain that no pride of authorship binds me to these pages. Already I am too far removed from all such things. Only it is useless that others should enter upon the path from which I shall not return. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The translation of the scripts in the zmeraldi plates of Thoti of Atlantide, the last king of Atlantide, made me curious to know more about it, so I started consulting a voluminous material, which gave me more information about Atlantide. Every material read reinforced my view that people of Atlantide, with the Albanian people and those from other countries of Europe known as people of Illyrian origin, had links between them. The very great closeness of twelve-thousand-year-old words that were in Thoti’s writings with Albanian words, impressed and gave me the incitement to go deeper in these studies. At the end of the study, the opinion that Albanian people and all Albanian-speaking people...
Atlantida (French: L'Atlantide) is a novel by Pierre Benoit published in February 1919. It was translated into English in 1920 as Atlantida. L'Atlantide was Benoit's second novel, following Koenigsmark, and it won the Grand Prize of the French Academy. The story inspired many films.
Atlantida (French: L'Atlantide) is a fantasy novel by French writer Pierre Benoit, published in February 1919. It was translated into English in 1920 as Atlantida. L'Atlantide was Benoit's second novel, following Koenigsmark, and it won the Grand Prize of the French Academy. The English translation of Atlantida was first published in the United States as a serial in Adventure magazine.
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A Soviet scientist examines geology, climate, oceanography and attempts reconstruction of Atlantis. Illustrated with maps, charts, tables, illustrations, seismic data, sonar images, etc. The fascinating age-old riddle of the legendary continent of Atlantis is a challenge to any investigator for it would be hard to name a problem of longer standing or one that has given rise to sharper controversies and differences of views and opinions. Some investigators have rejected it as a key to an ancient riddle throwing light on many aspects of human history and civilization. Thousands of books and papers have been devoted to the thrilling problem of Atlantis, and a new scientific trend, atlantology, ...
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