Napoleon's Prisoner: A Country Parson's Ten-Year Detention in France
- ISBN-10
- 0722341520
- ISBN-13
- 9780722341520
- Category
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04
- Publisher
- Arthur H. Stockwell
- Authors
- Lancelot Charles Lee, John Parry-Wingfield
Description
The letters in this book paint a vivid and colourful picture of the life of the detenus of the Napoleonic Wars, and of Lee's state of mind during this long separation from his family and friends."
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