Whilst many books have been published about war, the role of the
prisoner of war has been largely ignored or paid scant attention.
This book, along with the author's other title - A History of
Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War 1756-1816: Hulk, Depot and
Parole - aims to correct this imbalance, and is the result of his
quest over thirty years into this almost-forgotten field of
history. Illustrated here is an extensive selection of items from
museums around the world and the author's own collection - one of
the largest private collections of prisoner of war artefacts in
existence - revealing the incredible skills of these imprisoned
craftsmen. The items - delicate, intricate and highly detailed -
include boxes, toys and automata made from bone, straw or paper, as
well as paintings by artists whose work is now much in demand. The
creation of these pieces seems even more remarkable when the
conditions under which they would have been made and the extreme
limitations the prisoners would have e
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