Letters Written in France, to a Friend in London: Between the Month of November 1794, and the Month of May 1795

by Watkin Tench

Book Overview

Watkin Tench (1758-1833) was a British Marine officer who was held prisoner from 1794 to 1795 in Brittany, at the height of the French Revolution. During his imprisonment he wrote a series of letters to a friend in London (it is not clear whether this was genuine correspondence or a genre narrative), which was published in 1796. In them we learn of the adverse conditions he experienced on two convict hulks in Brest harbour, and his later period of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108035361
• ISBN13: 9781108035361
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"