The Penitentiary Ten: The Transformation of the English Prison, 1770-1850

Davie, Neil

The Bardwell Press

Les Visages de la Criminalite: Théories du Criminel Type en Angleterre

KIME

<p>This book explores the history of Dartmoor War Prison (1805-16). This is not the well-known&nbsp;Victorian convict prison, but a less familiar penal institution, conceived and built nearly half a&nbsp;century earlier in the midst of the long-running wars against France, and destined, not for&nbsp;criminals, but for French and later American prisoners of war. During a period of six and a half years, more than 20,000 captives passed through its gates. Drawing on contemporary official records from Britain, France and the USA, and a wealth of prisoners' letters, diaries and memoirs (many of them studied here in detail for the first time), this book examines how Dartmoor War Prison was conceived and designed; how it was administered both from London&nbsp;and on the ground; how the fate of its prisoners intertwined with the military and diplomatic&nbsp;history of the period; and finally how those prisoners interacted with each other, with their&nbsp;captors, and with the wider community. The history of the prison on the moor is one marked by high hopes and noble intentions, but also of neglect, hardship, disease and death<br /></p>

French and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison, 1805-1816: The Strangest Experiment

History

Americas

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

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