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All Men are Brethren

其他書名	French, Scandinavian, Italian, German, Dutch, Belgian, Spanish, Polish, West Indian, American, and Other Prisoners of War in Scotland, 1803-1814
出版	John Donald, 2008
主題	History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / ScotlandHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / Wars & Conflicts / Napoleonic WarsHistory / Modern / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN	19046077219781904607724
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=l_0LAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This is the first book to attempt a comprehensive and detailed history of the thousands of French and other prisoners of war (POW) in Scotland during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1803-14 POW in Scotland endured experiences similar to but also different from prisoners of more recent times. "All Men are Brethren" describes conditions at each Scots depot (as the POW camps were then termed) at locations such as Edinburgh Castle, Perth and Penicuik.The book describes in vivid detail how the prisoners passed their years of captivity - gambling, forging banknotes, making impressive items from straw, paper, wood, hair and mutton bones from their rations, playing musical instruments, attending education classes, fencing with sticks, keeping pets and even playing cricket. From the culmination of twenty years of research and writing, this book is based on material from the National Archives in Kew and Edinburgh, on diaries and memoirs by prisoners, and on reports in contemporary Scots and English newspapers.