English Prisoners in France
Title | English Prisoners in France PDF eBook |
Author | R. B. Wolfe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1830 |
Genre | British |
ISBN |
Relief of the British Prisoners in France
Title | Relief of the British Prisoners in France PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd's (Firm). Committee for the Relief of the British Prisoners in France |
Publisher | |
Pages | 4 |
Release | 1811 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Report from the Committee for the Relief of the British Prisoners in France; with a list of the prisoners
Title | Report from the Committee for the Relief of the British Prisoners in France; with a list of the prisoners PDF eBook |
Author | Committee for the Relief of the British Prisoners in France (LONDON) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1812 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Last Letters
Title | Last Letters PDF eBook |
Author | Olivier Blanc |
Publisher | |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Hell Upon Water
Title | Hell Upon Water PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Chamberlain |
Publisher | The History Press |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2016-09-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0750980532 |
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.
The Society of Prisoners
Title | The Society of Prisoners PDF eBook |
Author | Renaud Morieux |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2019-10-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 019872358X |
In the eighteenth century, as wars between Britain, France, and their allies raged across the world, hundreds of thousands of people were captured, detained, or exchanged. They were shipped across oceans, marched across continents, or held in an indeterminate limbo. The Society of Prisoners challenges us to rethink the paradoxes of the prisoner of war, defined at once as an enemy and as a fellow human being whose life must be spared. Amidst the emergence of new codifications of international law, the practical distinctions between a prisoner of war, a hostage, a criminal, and a slave were not always clear-cut. Renaud Morieux's vivid and lucid account uses war captivity as a point of departure, investigating how the state transformed itself at war, and how whole societies experienced international conflicts. The detention of foreigners on home soil created the conditions for multifaceted exchanges with the host populations, involving prison guards, priests, pedlars, and philanthropists. Thus, while the imprisonment of enemies signals the extension of Anglo-French rivalry throughout the world, the mass incarceration of foreign soldiers and sailors also illustrates the persistence of non-conflictual relations amidst war. Taking the reader beyond Britain and France, as far as the West Indies and St Helena, this story resonates in our own time, questioning the dividing line between war and peace, and forcing us to confront the untenable situations in which the status of the enemy is left to the whim of the captor.
English Prisoners in France
Title | English Prisoners in France PDF eBook |
Author | R. B. Wolfe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1830 |
Genre | British |
ISBN |