num_pages: 560
description: Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Henri Charriere, known as 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, his spirit remained untamed - in thirteen years he made nine amazingly daring escapes, including one from the notorious Devil's Island.An immediate sensation upon its 1969 publication, Papillon is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told, a true tale of courage, resilience and an unbreakable will.
language: English
title: Papillon
titlecomplete: Papillon
genres: Biography, France, Adventure, Memoir, Nonfiction, Classics, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Crime, History
ratings_count: 68174
places: Paris, French Guiana, France, Devil's Island
series: Papillon
publisher: Harper Perennial