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قراءة كتاب The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross Huntingdonshire 1796 to 1816
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The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross Huntingdonshire 1796 to 1816
THE DEPOT FOR PRISONERS
OF WAR AT NORMAN CROSS
HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 1796 to 1816
BY
THOMAS JAMES WALKER, M.D., F.R.C.S.
Fellow (Member of Council 1908–9) of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Associate of the British Archæological Association. Past President of
the Peterborough Natural History Antiquarian and Scientific Society.
“I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice.”Shakespeare’s “Othello.”
LONDON
CONSTABLE & COMPANY LTD
1913
PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
CONTENTS
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Forewords |
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CHAPTER I |
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The Urgent Need for Prison Accommodation, Norman Cross, Hunts, selected as the Site, and the Prison built |
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CHAPTER II |
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The Prison and its Establishment |
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CHAPTER III |
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Arrival and Registration of the Prisoners |
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CHAPTER IV |
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Administration and Discipline |
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CHAPTER V |
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Prison Life |
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CHAPTER VI |
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“Les Misérables” of Norman Cross and the “Romans” of Dartmoor |
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Employments of the Captives—Straw Plait Controversy—Conduct—Escapes |
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CHAPTER VIII |
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The Sick and the Hospital |
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CHAPTER IX |
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The Cemetery—Religious Ministrations—Bishop of Moulins |
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CHAPTER X |
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Prisoners on Parole—Social Habits—Marriages—Exchange of Prisoners |
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CHAPTER XI |
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British Prisoners in France—Verdun—Narrative of the Rev. J. Hopkinson |
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CHAPTER XII |
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The Truce and the Peace—Prison Evacuated, 1802—Finally Cleared, 1814—Demolished, 1816 |
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Appendices |
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Index |
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