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Title: Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815

Author: Francis Abell

Release date: September 18, 2019 [eBook #60321]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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Frontispiece

Plait Merchants trading with the French Prisoners of War at Norman Cross

From a painting by A. C. Cooke in the Town Hall, Luton

PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN
1756 TO 1815
A RECORD OF THEIR LIVES, THEIR ROMANCE AND THEIR SUFFERINGS

BY
FRANCIS ABELL
HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW
NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE BOMBAY
1914
OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY