Travels with a Donkey

A century ago, Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which made him famous, brought a donkey called Modestine and set out to walk with her across 100... Read allA century ago, Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which made him famous, brought a donkey called Modestine and set out to walk with her across 100 miles of the wild Cevennes mountains in Southern France. And so his Travels with a donkey... Read allA century ago, Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which made him famous, brought a donkey called Modestine and set out to walk with her across 100 miles of the wild Cevennes mountains in Southern France. And so his Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes was conceived. John Castle re-enacts the journey with a descendant of Mod... Read all