Jules Verne’s Voyage à reculons en Angleterre et en Écosse (Backwards to Britain, Chambers, 1993) was written in 1857, after a trip Jules Verne made with a friend from Nantes to England and Scotland. Verne himself had Scottish blood and was fascinated by Scotland – the true purpose of his journey – he had discovered in Walter Scott’s books such as Rob Roy.
This first reading focuses on Jacques Lavaret (alias Jules Verne) and his friend discovering Edinburgh as it was like in those days …
In French, admission free
Related events:
’Jules verne l’Écossais’ – Part 2
’Jules verne l’Écossais’ – Part 3
’Jules Verne’s Scotland’ by Ian Thompson