Napoleon the Gaoler: Personal Experiences and Adventures of British Sailors and Soldiers During the Great Captivity"This century has seen the Centenary of the release of Napoleon's British Prisoners of War." "...between 1803 and 1814...the British prisoners numbered fewer than 12,000, and of these, speaking generally, more than a third were merchantman officers and sailors captured at sea by French frigates and privateers." -- preface and introduction. |
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