The Diary of a French Private: War-Imprisonment, 1914-1915

The Diary of a French Private: War-Imprisonment, 1914-1915 is about the trials and tribulations of a French soldier traveling through Germany during the First World War. Excerpt: «Gaston Riou was born on January 7, 1883. He is a native of the Cévennes, the region from which are derived three of the most distinguished among modern French psychologists, Melchior de Vogüé, Auguste Sabatier, and Paul Bourget. The Cévenole family from which he springs played an active part in the wars of religion.»