Henry Carter Hull

Provides an account of the conditions to which American patriots were subjected as prisoners of the British in New York City during the Revolutionary War, describing the high mortality rates as a result of unsanitary conditions and starvation.

During the Second World War, over 400,000 Germans and Italians were held in prison camps in Britain. These men played a vital part in the life of war-torn Britain, from working in the fields to repairing bomb-damaged homes. Yet despite the role they played, today it is almost forgotten that Britain once held POWs at all. For those who worked, played or fell in love with the enemies in their midst, despite restrictions and the opinions of their peers,...