Papillon

Informationen zum Autor Patrick O’Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar , when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long Aubrey–Maturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Henri Charriere, Henri Charrière
• Assisted by: Patrick O’Brian (Translation), Patrick O’Brian (Translation), Patrick OâEUR(TM)Brian (Translation), Patrick O'Brian (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2005
• EAN: 9780007179961
• ISBN: 978-0-00-717996-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Autobiography: historical, political & military, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Penology and punishment, Prisons, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival