Escape From the French

London: Webb & Bower. 1981. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white plates and maps. 192 pages. This compelling and true story of adventure set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars is in the form… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. In September 1803 Midshipman Maurice Hewson was captured near Brest and marched to the Fortress of Verdun where some of Napoleon's British Prisoners of War were held under a particularly odious and dishonest commandant. In March 1808 Hewson and a fellow midshipman escaped and… Read more about this item

Hardback. Good.

Exeter: Hodder/Webb & Bower, 1981. First Edition. . Hardcover. Vg/Vg. 192pp. Plates Size: 4to