Papillon Henri Charriére Papillon is an extraordinary tale of hope, survival, endurance and most of all the continuos desire for freedom of an innocent man. Henri Charriére or Papillon as he is known was condemned for a murder he did not commit and in 1931 sentenced to life imprisonment in the French Penal Colony of French Guiana. Some 50 years later he wrote down the tale of the thirteen long years spent in captivity before …showed first 75 words of 982 total…

…showed last 75 words of 982 total…if you have made the whole journey along side our hero. The second thing you do as you finally close the book for the last time and turn off the light (as it is now long past twelve seeing as you were unable to put it down once you realised you were only 100 pages from the end!) is to wonder what now you will do seeing as Papillon is free and his tale is over.