Floating Prison
The Extraordinary Account of Nine Years Captivity on the British Prison Hulks During the Napoleonic Wars
In 1806 Lt. Louis Garneray's ship was en route to France when it was captured by the Royal Navy. Confined for nine years with hundreds of others in the cramped quarters of a prison ship off Portsmouth, he tells a compelling story in turns violent, poignant, dark, and humorous. Originally published in 1851 in French as Mes Pontons, the ...
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