Overview of Papillon Book

A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960sCondemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charri re (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 went into 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 Papillon is filled with tension, adventure and high excitement. It is also one of the most vivid stories of human endurance ever written.Henri Charri re died in 1973 at the age of 66.

• Book Type :

Biographies & Autobiographies

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

688 pages

• ISBN - 10 :

0007330103

• Papillon Published On :

30 Apr 2009

• Resource:

Biographies, Diaries & True Accounts, Biographies & Autobiographies Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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