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French and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison, 1805-1816

- The Strangest Experiment
Af: Neil Davie Engelsk Paperback

French and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison, 1805-1816

- The Strangest Experiment
Af: Neil Davie Engelsk Paperback
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This book explores the history of Dartmoor War Prison (1805-16). This is not the well-known Victorian convict prison, but a less familiar penal institution, conceived and built nearly half a century earlier in the midst of the long-running wars against France, and destined, not for criminals, but for French and later American prisoners of war. During a period of six and a half years, more than 20,000 captives passed through its gates. Drawing on contemporary official records from Britain, France and the USA, and a wealth of prisoners'' letters, diaries and memoirs (many of them studied here in detail for the first time), this book examines how Dartmoor War Prison was conceived and designed; how it was administered both from London and on the ground; how the fate of its prisoners intertwined with the military and diplomatic history of the period; and finally how those prisoners interacted with each other, with their captors, and with the wider community. The history of the prison on the moor is one marked by high hopes and noble intentions, but also of neglect, hardship, disease and death
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This book explores the history of Dartmoor War Prison (1805-16). This is not the well-known Victorian convict prison, but a less familiar penal institution, conceived and built nearly half a century earlier in the midst of the long-running wars against France, and destined, not for criminals, but for French and later American prisoners of war. During a period of six and a half years, more than 20,000 captives passed through its gates. Drawing on contemporary official records from Britain, France and the USA, and a wealth of prisoners'' letters, diaries and memoirs (many of them studied here in detail for the first time), this book examines how Dartmoor War Prison was conceived and designed; how it was administered both from London and on the ground; how the fate of its prisoners intertwined with the military and diplomatic history of the period; and finally how those prisoners interacted with each other, with their captors, and with the wider community. The history of the prison on the moor is one marked by high hopes and noble intentions, but also of neglect, hardship, disease and death
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 337
ISBN-13: 9783030838935
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 3030838935
Kategori: Frankrig
Udg. Dato: 13 nov 2022
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 148mm
Højde: 210mm
Forlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Oplagsdato: 13 nov 2022
Forfatter(e): Neil Davie
Forfatter(e) Neil Davie

Kategori Frankrig

ISBN-13 9783030838935

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 337

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 148mm

Højde 210mm

Udg. Dato 13 nov 2022

Oplagsdato 13 nov 2022

Forlag Springer Nature Switzerland AG

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