The illustration of Nemo, described by Verne as ‘the most energetic imaginable’, is based on
Hetzel, but especially on Colonel Jean-Baptiste Charras (1810–65): a junior war minister, friend of
Hetzel’s, and author of Histoire de la Campagne de 1815: Waterloo (1857).
Hetzel, but especially on Colonel Jean-Baptiste Charras (1810–65): a junior war minister, friend of
Hetzel’s, and author of Histoire de la Campagne de 1815: Waterloo (1857).