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Papillon By Henri Charriere and Translated by Patrick O'Brian (Hardback 1970)
Papillon By Henri Charriere and Translated by Patrick O'Brian.
Publisher: Hart-Davis, 1970, first translation edition, from (1969).
Very good hardback with jacket, minor marks, no inscriptions. Jacket, price clipped, light shelf-wear, some chipped edges.
About the book: 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 remained untamed: over thirteen years he made nine incredible escapes, including from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
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