A history of Napoleonic and American prisoners of war, 1756-1816 : hulk, depot and parole
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: A history of Napoleonic and American prisoners of war, 1756-1816 : hulk, depot and parole
Classmark: Bedford Collection D204
Creator(s): Lloyd, Clive L (1920-2004)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)
Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club
Publication city: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
Date(s): [2007]
Language: English
Size and medium: 384 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/722102
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019739847405181
Description
Illustrations on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-376) and index.
Pt 1. Historical background: The Seven Years' War 1756-1763 -- The Americans: The War of Independence 1775-1783 -- The American War of 1812 'The forgotten war' -- The last invasion of Britain: Fishguard 22nd February 1797.
Pt 2. The prison hulks: The civil prison hulks -- The prisoner of war hulks part one -- The prisoner of war hulks part two -- The New York prison ships -- The 'Danish' prisoner of war hulks -- The Danes and the battles of Copehagen 1801 and 1807 -- the Peninsular War -- Women: 'their absence and their presence.
Pt 3. The depots and prisons on land: Portchester Castle -- Millbay depot -- Forton depot -- Liverpool -- Norman Cross depot -- Stapleton depot -- Dartmoor prison: 'The prison on the moor', Princetown, Devon; The Americans and the Dartmoor Massacre -- Prisoner of war depots in Scotland: Edinburgh Castle ; The great Valleyfield depot at Penicuik ; Perth depot, Perthshire -- Parole d'honneur -- Parole in England -- Parole in the Scottish border towns.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at D204: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: CLS/68.
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