Details:
As part of the City of Luxembourg (Ville de Luxembourg – VdL) and the Luxembourg City Library’s “Literary Tuesdays” programme for 2026, YouTube historian and author Jenny Draper will read from her book Mavericks: Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits, on Tuesday 17 February 2026, at 18:30 in the City Auditorium of Cercle Cité in Luxembourg-Ville.
The book includes stories such as those of Sabrina Sidney, an orphan kidnapped into a bizarre child-raising experiment; La Chevalière d’Éon, the French spy who was legally recognised as a woman in the 18th century; and James Chuma and David Susi, who walked hundreds of miles across Africa with a dead body.
The organisers remarked: “These poignant and often hilarious true stories show us that the world as we know it was built by a far wider array of historical figures than we encountered in our schoolbooks.”
The event is free to attend. free. However, places must be reserved in advance.
Further information is available at https://citybiblio.lu/event/mardis-litteraires--j-draper.
Venue: Cercle Cité (2 Rue Genistre, Luxembourg City)
Organiser: VdL
Price: Free
Reservations: See above
URL: For details, see https://citybiblio.lu/event/mardis-litteraires--j-draper
