Papillon
Henri Charriere
Papillon is a memoir by convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charriere, first published in France in 1969. It became an instant bestseller. It was translated into English for the original French for a 1970 edition. This book is an account of a 14-year period in Papillon's life (October 26, 1931 to October 18, 1945) starting from when he was wrongly convicted of murder in France and sentenced to a life of hard labor at the Devil's Island penal colony. He escaped from Devil's island, to ultimately settle in Venezuela, where he lived and prospered, free from French justice. Charriere stated that all events in the book are truthful and accurate, if an allowance is made for minor lapses in memory.
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