Reading in the vegetable garden: a trip to Beijing

In August 1900, having just returned from his trip to Persia, Loti set sail again for China on the Redoutable, which joined the international fleet engaged in the Boxer War. He brought back a post-war report full of terrible images, where the collapse of a world and the discovery of one of mankind's oldest civilisations are intertwined in wonder; this will be the book ‘The Last Days of Peking’.

Musical reading with guide Maryse Vila-Cornellas, accompanied by musician Nolwenn Skolle (flute, voice).

Limited number of people - Booking required on the museum website: hebre.ville-rochefort.fr

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