"La maison à vapeur: Voyage à travers l'Inde septentrionale" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1880. The story follows British colonists traveling through India in a wheeled house pulled by a steam-powered mechanical elephant. Set after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the journey becomes entangled with the mysterious fate of rebel leader Nana Sahib, who disappeared following the rebellion's defeat. As the travelers explore nineteenth-century India, personal vengeance and historical forces collide in unexpected ways.