Editing Jules Verne (section)

===Later years===
[[File:Jules Verne and Mrs. Verne ca.1900.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Jules Verne and Madame Verne {{circa |  1900}}]]
Though raised as a [[Roman Catholic]], Verne gravitated towards [[deism]].{{sfn|Jules-Verne|1976|p=9|ps=: "After about 1870, Verne was less and less subservient to the discipline of the Church: his wife went to Mass without him and his views broadened into a kind of Christian-based deism."}}<ref>
{{cite book
 | last1 = Costello
 | first1 = Peter
 | author-link1 = Peter Costello (author)
 | title = Jules Verne, Inventor of Science Fiction
 | year = 1978
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=05UqAAAAYAAJ
 | location = New York
 | publisher = Scribner
 | publication-date = 1978
 | page = 34
 | isbn = 9780684158242
 | access-date = 9 March 2021
| quote = Verne was to spend his life [...] moving as he grew older towards anarchy and a more generalised deism.
}}
</ref>
Some scholars{{which|date=March 2021}} believe his novels reflect a deist philosophy, as they often involve the notion of God or [[divine providence]] but rarely mention the concept of Christ.{{sfn|Verne|2007|p=412}}{{sfn|Oliver|2012|p=22}}

On 9 March 1886, as Verne returned home, his twenty-six-year-old nephew, Gaston, shot at him twice with a [[pistol]]. The first bullet missed, but the second one entered Verne's left leg, giving him a permanent limp that could not be overcome. This incident was not publicised in the media, but Gaston spent the rest of his life in a [[lunatic asylum|mental asylum]].<ref>{{cite book|last1= Lynch|first1= Lawrence|title= Twayne's World Authors Series 832. Jules Verne|date= 1992|publisher= Twayne Publishers|location= New York|page= 12}}</ref>

After the deaths of both his mother and Hetzel (who died in 1886), Jules Verne began publishing darker works. In 1888 he entered politics and was elected town councillor of [[Amiens]], where he championed several improvements and served for fifteen years.<ref>{{cite web|last1= Vallois|first1= Thirza|title= Travel to Amiens: Follow in the Footsteps of Author Jules Verne|url= https://www.francetoday.com/learn/books/travel_to_amiens_follow_in_the_footsteps_of_author_jules_verne/|website= France Today|publisher= France Media Ltd.|access-date= 5 May 2017|date= 25 November 2015}}</ref>

Verne was made a [[knight]] of [[France|France's]] [[Legion of Honour]] on 9 April 1870,<ref>{{cite web|title=Verne, Jules Gabriel - Knight Certificate|website=National Archives - Léonore Database|location=France|date=9 April 1870|page=12/16|language=fr|url=https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/370356|access-date=30 July 2021|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315173021/https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/370356|archive-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> and subsequently promoted in [[Legion of Honour]] rank to Officer on 19 July 1892.<ref>{{cite web|title=Verne, Jules Gabriel - Officer Certificate|website=National Archives - Léonore Database|location=France|date=19 July 1892|page=1/16|language=fr|url=https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/370356|access-date=30 July 2021|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315173021/https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/370356|archive-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>

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