$17.70
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2018
Summary
An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969, Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies, daring prison breaks and heroic adventure on shark-infested seas.
Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Henri Charriere, nicknamed Papillon, was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break for freedom, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. He was recaptured and put into solitary confinement but his spirit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780007179961 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0007179960 |
| Author: | Henri Charrière, Patrick O’Brian |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperPerennial |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 37mm |
| Series: | Harper Perennial Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Henri Charrière
In 1931, 25-year-old Henri Charriere was found guilty of a murder he had not committed and transported to a penal colony in French Guiana. His numerous daring escapes and subsequent adventures are recounted in ‘Papillon’ (1969) and ‘Banco: The Further Adventures of Papillon’ (1973). He died in 1973 at the age of 66.
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