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Re: Malta-literature

From: Ian Thompson <Ian.Thompson~at~ges.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:23:38 +0000
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Hi Garmt,
Thanks for the pertinent comment. I have gone back to the Italian article to
check and also to Piero's later paper.
Piero mentions that Verne sent a dedicated copy of Mathias Sandorf. The
Italian paper also mentions the signed copy of Sandorf but then adds ( I
translate)
"Later, in 1897, a copy of Face au Drapeau with a fine signed dedication".
This dedication reads;
"To Messieurs Grech - as a souvenir of the visit to Malta by Monsieur and
Madame Verne. The author-Jules Verne-January 1897".
The editions of the books were" in 16, bound in red morocco with gold
decoration".
What this suggests to me is that the incident in the St Michel off Malta
left a permanent memory in Verne's mind and he clearly was very grateful for
Grech's help in sorting out the problem of the St Michel's engines and
possibly intervening in the release of Paul and Michel.
Ian



From: "Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd" <g.devries~at~phys.uu.nl>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: Malta-literature


> Hi Ian,
>
> You really are a scientist in the Vernian tradition: get out there in the
> field, and explore! Excellent work, and I enjoy reading your reports on
> your Maltese trip.
>
>> A more interesting article was published by V.Laurenza, "Malta in un
>> viaggio Giulio Verne",Archivum Melitense, March 1920. It too argues from
>> Mathias Sandorf to reconstruct Verne's visit but its interest is that the
>> author discovered the testimonial, and autographed copy of "Face au
>> Drapeau" given to Samuel Grech for his assistance in the repair of the St
>> Michel.
>
> It seems Verne took some time to show his gratitude. By the time "Face au
> drapeau" was published, the Saint-Michel had long been sold to Nicolas I,
> and Verne hadn't left Amiens for years...
>
> Cheers,
> Garmt.
>
Received on Tue 31 Oct 2006 - 11:23:55 IST

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