The Castaways of the Flag

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The Castaways of the Flag
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Title page of a Hetzel edition
Author Jules Verne
Original titleSeconde patrie
TranslatorCranstoun Metcalfe
Illustrator Georges Roux
LanguageFrench
Series The Extraordinary Voyages #47
Genre Adventure novel
Publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date
1900
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1923
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Preceded by The Will of an Eccentric  
Followed by The Village in the Treetops  

The Castaways of the Flag (French : Seconde patrie, lit. Second Fatherland, 1900) is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne. The two volumes of the novel were initially published in English translation as two separate volumes: Their Island Home and The Castaways of the Flag. Later reprints were published under the title The Castaways of the Flag.

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The story is a sequel to the 1812 book The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, picking up where that novel leaves off.

Publication history

Plot summary

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Map of "New Switzerland"

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