Perils and Captivity

Perils and Captivity - Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.

Those who have read the Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, by MM. Savigny and Corrard, are already acquainted with the Picard family. Attracted to Senegal by a faint prospect of advantage, my father, head of that unfortunate family, could not, in spite of a good constitution and the strength of his spirits, resist that destiny, from the mortal influence of which none of us save three escaped out of a family of nine. On his deathbed, he expressed to me the desire that our misfortunes should not remain unknown. This then became my duty, and a duty sacred to the public. I feel a pleasure in fulfilling it, and consolation in the thought, that no feeling mind will read the story of our misfortunes without being affected; and that those who persecuted us will at least experience some regret.[Pg xx] The recital of the shipwreck of the Medusa was necessary, as much to explain the origin of our misfortunes, as the cause of the connexion between that disastrous event, and the terrible journey in the Desert of Sahara, by which we at last reached Senegal. It will furnish me, also, with an opportunity of adverting to some errors in the work of Messrs Savigny and Corrard. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 22792
Author: Brisson, Pierre-Raymond de
Release Date: Sep 28, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Dard, Charlotte-Adelaïde, Godin des Odonais, Jean, 1712-1792


Translator: Maxwell, Patrick