The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure.

"The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure" by Lt.-Col. F. S. Brereton is an early 20th-century adventure where Andrew Provost and his imaginative nephew, Joseph Gresson, set out to construct an airship that will beat the current Zeppelins. Set in a time of incredible leaps in aviation, the book looks at ambition and competition, following Andrew and Joe's chance encounter with a Zeppelin while at sea, which sparks Andrew to challenge Joe to design an even better airship, backing him with a huge sum of money, alongside a bet with a doubtful German named Carl Reitberg, who thinks they can't finish the project in time. As their project takes shape, characters from the British Navy enter the picture, which hints that their adventures are connected to Joe's airship, resulting in an exciting trip filled with courage and innovation.