Excerpt from Narrative of a Captivity in France, Form 1800 to 1814, Vol. 1 of 2 The following Narrative is a faithful transcript of the Author's journal during the eventful period of his captivity. To his companions in misfortune it may recall the memory of past sufferings, not always unvisited by occasional gleams of passing sunshine; and to the reader, he trusts it will be found not altogether uninteresting. Aiming at little more, the Author respectfully presents his work to the public eye, as one possessing, if nothing higher, at least the merit that may be fairly claimed for simplicity and truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.