Jules Verne: The Definitive Biography

From the established expert on the subject comes this new biography of one of the worlds most successful writers. Breath-taking in scope and full of the kind of revelations sure to cause press and controversy Butcher combines existing and new research on Vernes life with the evidence from Vernes works to explore what sort of man Jules Verne was how he achieved what he did what went on inside his head what really made him tick. Butcher examines the forgotten nitty-gritty of Vernes life: his appearance his schoolmates the size of his bedroom who he talked to and slept with who he fell out with and was sued by the fibs he told how he got to work how much he made what he did on his days off where he went what he studied what he read whether he was a good husband and father in sum all the behavior that points to personality as only a family member can know it.