Papillon
Author(s): Henri Charriere
Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. Recaptured, he suffered a solitary confinement and was sent eventually to Devil's Island, a hell-hole of disease and brutality. No one had ever escaped from this notorious prison â no one until Papillon took to the shark infested sea supported only by a makeshift coconut-sack raft. In thirteen years he made nine daring escapes, living through many fantastic adventures while on the run â including a sojourn with South American Indians whose women Papillon found welcomely free of European restraints⦠Papillon is filled with tension, adventure and high excitement. It is also one of the most vivid stories of human endurance ever written. Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. Recaptured, he suffered a solitary confinement and was sent eventually to Devil`s Island, a hell-hole of disease and brutality. No one had ever escaped from this notorious prison - no one until Papillon took to the shark infested sea supported only by a makeshift coconut-sack raft. In thirteen years he made nine daring escapes, living through many fantastic adventures while on the run - including a sojourn with South American Indians whose women Papillon found welcomely free of European restraints... ** Visit Henri Charriare @ FireandWater.com ** Paperback
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Collins Jewellery
- : 0.36
- : 17 April 2001
- : 178mm X 111mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Henri Charriere
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : 365.6092
- : 688
- : 288 illustrations