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ESCAPE FROM THE FRENCH CAPTAIN HEWSON'S NARRATIVE (1803-1809)

by Maurice Hewson; Antony Brett-James

Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st. 1981

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. True adventure story set in the time of the Napleonic wars. B/w illustrations.

Pictorial wrapper unevenly faded.

ISBN: 0340262400
Stock no. 1806968

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • I Capture
  • II Life as a Prisoner in Verdun
  • III The First Escape
  • IV The Fortress of Bitche
  • V The Second Escape
  • VI Arrival in Austria
  • VII The Voyage Home
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements

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