Project Gutenberg 2013-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 141 Walker, Thomas (Thomas James) Walker, T. J. (Thomas James) Walker, Thomas James The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816 Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Transcribed from the 1913 Constable & Company Ltd edition by David Price "The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816" by Thomas James Walker, M.D., F.R.C.S. is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book provides a comprehensive examination of the Norman Cross Depot, the first purpose-built prison for captives during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, highlighting the conditions and treatment of prisoners during a tumultuous era in British history. The opening of the narrative establishes the urgent need for the Depot, detailing the context of the extensive conflicts between Britain and France that necessitated a dedicated facility for prisoners of war. As tensions escalated following the outbreak of hostilities in the 1790s, the inadequacies of existing confinement methods became apparent, leading to the selection and rapid construction of the Norman Cross Depot. The introduction emphasizes both the physical challenges of housing thousands of prisoners and the social complexities involved in their management, setting the stage for an in-depth exploration of life within the prison and the broader implications of wartime captivity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en France -- History -- 1789-1815 Norman Cross depot Prisoners of war DA Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 978638 978578 2024-10-18T09:28:32.314141 2023-09-19T05:21:57.874949 text/html text/html 964613 2013-08-16T12:43:00 text/html 6277012 2013-08-16T12:46:59 text/html application/zip 6586858 2024-10-18T09:29:02.130038 application/epub+zip 6581841 2024-10-18T09:28:40.018196 application/epub+zip 395512 2024-10-18T09:28:36.370120 application/epub+zip 7026286 2024-10-18T09:29:13.455461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6920995 2024-10-18T09:28:57.851043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573884 2022-09-19T19:48:11.281217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 771160 2024-10-18T09:28:27.073169 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 770843 2013-08-16T12:29:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 270329 2013-08-16T12:46:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18835 2024-10-18T09:29:13.650448 application/rdf+xml 25115 2024-10-18T09:28:37.135112 image/jpeg 4647 2024-10-18T09:28:36.771105 image/jpeg 6540204 2024-10-18T09:28:32.530170 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog