Hell Upon Water (eBook)

Prisoners of War in Britain 1793-1815

Paul Chamberlain (Autor)

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2016
224 Seiten
Spellmount (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8053-1 (ISBN)

Infos

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, over 200,000 prisoners of war of many nationalities were brought to Britain to be held in the infamous prison hulks, land prisons and parole depots. Many prisoners languished in captivity for over eleven years. This book tells the story of these men and women. Hell Upon Water examines how prisoners of war were acquired by the British, how they were fed, clothed and accommodated by the Transport Board of the Admiralty. The larger prisons such as Dartmoor, Portchester Castle and Norman Cross are described in detail, alongside the smaller lesser known depots of Forton, Stapleton, and Mill Bay. It compares the treatment of French prisoners with that of Britons in France, and also tells the stories of officers who fell in love with local girls and married, and those who fought to escape.

Autor

Paul Chamberlain has made a study of the subject for many years, visiting many of the sites associated with these prisoners. He is Vice-Chairman and Trustee of the Norman Cross Eagle Appeal, a project that restored the memorial to French prisoners of war at Norman Cross, and promotes knowledge of and interest in these men held at that prison. He is a regular contributor to publications such as First Empire magazine and The Waterloo Journal and is a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.9.2016
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: captivity • Dartmoor • forton • French revolutionary wars • land prisons • Mill Bay • napoleonic wars • norman cross • parole depots • portchester castle • POW • POWs • Prisoner of War • Prisoners of war • Prisoners of War in Britain 1793-1815 • Prisoners of War in Britain 1793-1815, french revolutionary wars, napoleonic wars, prisoners of war, prisoner of war, POWs, pow, prison hulks, land prisons, parole depots, captivity, transport board of the admirality, dartmoor, portchester castle, norman cross, forton, stapleton, mill bay • prison hulks • Stapleton • transport board of the admirality
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-8053-2 / 0750980532
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-8053-1 / 9780750980531