Galley slave
Marteilhe, Jean, 1684-17772010
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This remarkable memoir tells of the miseries of Jean Marteilhe of Bergerac, a Protestant condemned to the galleys of France for his religion, who, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, attempted to escape to the more sympathetic Protestant countries bordering France.
Main title:
Galley slave / Jean Marteilhe ; edited with an introduction by Vincent McInerney.
Imprint:
Barnsley : Seaforth, 2010.
Collation:
xii, 210 p. : map ; 19 cm.
Series title:
Seafarers' voices ; 1.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781848320703 (pbk)
Dewey class:
944.033092
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
909431