Author: Louis Garneray, Lawrence Wood
Title: The French Prisoner
Description: London , The Merlin Press , 1957. Leather. A beautifully presented, illustrated and translated copy of Louis Garneray's account of his time as a French prisoner of war during the Napoleonic Wars. A beautifully presented, illustrated and translated copy, from the original French into English, of Louis Garneray's account of his time as a French prisoner of war during the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Garneray was a French painter and writer and was held as a prisoner of war by the British for eight years during the Napoleonic Wars. His painters was inspired by his adventurous life on the sea. Including two plate illustrations one of which is Garneray's painting The Hulks moored off Portchester Castle. Collated, complete. in half morocco leather and cloth. Externally, very well presented. Internally, front hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. A very small tear to the top right of page 207. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Louis Garneray. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Louis Garneray The French Prisoner Lawrence Wood french literature The French Prisoner Louis Garneray


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