Napoleon As Gaoler : Personal Experiences And Adventures Of British Sailors And Soldiers During The Great Captivity

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910164251803321
• Autore: Fraser Edward
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2011; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-908692-93-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.27
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- NAPOLEON'S METHODS WITH HIS CONTINENTAL CAPTIVES -- HOW THE BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR ORDINARILY FARED -- AT VERDUN-THE OFFICERS' DEPOT -- AMONG THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS AT GIVET -- IN THE DUNGEONS OF BITCHE AND SEDAN -- TEN YEARS A CAPTIVE: WHAT A NAVAL OFFICER WENT THROUGH -- THE IMPRISONMENT AND ATTEMPTED ESCAPES OF LIEUTENANT R. B. JAMES -- WITH CAPTAIN BRENTON AND HIS MEN -- THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MAJOR-GENERAL LORD BLAYNEY -- HOW SOME OF THE PRISONERS ESCAPED -- MIDSHIPMAN BOYES' ACCOUNT OF HOW HE GOT AWAY -- MIDSHIPMAN ASHWORTH'S BOLD DASH FOR LIBERTY -- WHEN THE END CAME.
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