Papillon /
Charrière, Henri, 1906-1973.
Papillon / Henri Charrière ; translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian. - London : Harper Perennial, 2005. - 560 p. : maps ; 20 cm. - Harper Perennial modern classics .
This translation originally published: London: Hart-Davis, 1970.
Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charrière (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. 42 days after his arrival he made his first break for freedom. Recaptured, he was sent to Devil's Island, a hell-hole of disease & brutality. In 13 years he made nine daring escapes.
9780007179961 (pbk.) : £7.99
Charrière, Henri, 1906-1973.
Prisoners--Biography.
Escapes--French Guiana--Devil's Island.
Biography.
HV8956.G8
365.6092
Papillon / Henri Charrière ; translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian. - London : Harper Perennial, 2005. - 560 p. : maps ; 20 cm. - Harper Perennial modern classics .
This translation originally published: London: Hart-Davis, 1970.
Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charrière (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. 42 days after his arrival he made his first break for freedom. Recaptured, he was sent to Devil's Island, a hell-hole of disease & brutality. In 13 years he made nine daring escapes.
9780007179961 (pbk.) : £7.99
Charrière, Henri, 1906-1973.
Prisoners--Biography.
Escapes--French Guiana--Devil's Island.
Biography.
HV8956.G8
365.6092