St. Ives. Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England

Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Quiller-Couch

The novel, which remained unfinished, was restored from the authors drafts. The fascinating story of the French youth, who during the Napoleonic Wars was one of the many British prisoners of war. The story of his dangerous and fascinating adventures and a difficult, multifaceted political game in which he unexpectedly found himself drawn into. The book you are reading, literally holding your breath...