"Mathias Sandorf [2] : De Middellandsche Zee" by Jules Verne is an adventure novel published in 1885. When a ciphered message falls into the wrong hands, three Hungarian conspirators plotting against Habsburg rule face betrayal and execution. Count Mathias Sandorf survives and assumes a new identity, building a fortified island empire filled with advanced weaponry. Fifteen years later, wealthy and powerful, he embarks on a relentless Mediterranean pursuit to exact justice from those whose greed destroyed his friends and crushed their uprising. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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