This book was brilliant and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I also learnt so many fascinating facts about war prisoners and jails. It has always made me wonder what happened to prisoners of war and this book explained everything brilliantly from the country's struggle to house them all and what lead them to building the country's biggest prison. It also talks about the conditions they lived in, the costs of keeping them and the things that happened throughout looking at the stories of many prisoners. It even followed the lives of these prisoners after they left dartmoor. I just loved every minute and I just love learning new things. This book would be perfect for those who love history books as it when through the napoleonic wars. Also those who have a cultural interest in the introduction of black soldiers and there segregation.

So much praise goes out to the author and publishers for bringing us this fantastic history of such an iconic prison and the life and troubles held within its walls.

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An interesting book on an under covered topic. It's easy to write off the War of 1812, but the author does a great job at making us care about the people left over after the war. Exposing these horrors does not shy away from the racially divisive attitudes of the American prisoners.