The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816

CONTENTS

	PAGE
Forewords	ix
CHAPTER I
The Urgent Need for Prison Accommodation, Norman Cross, Hunts, selected as the Site, and the Prison built	1
CHAPTER II
The Prison and its Establishment	17
CHAPTER III
Arrival and Registration of the Prisoners	47
CHAPTER IV
Administration and Discipline	58
CHAPTER V
Prison Life	89
CHAPTER VI
“Les MisÉrables” of Norman Cross and the “Romans” of Dartmoor	112
CHAPTER VII
Employments of the Captives—Straw Plait Controversy—Conduct—Escapes	124
CHAPTER VIII
The Sick and the Hospital	163
CHAPTER IX
The Cemetery—Religious Ministrations—Bishop of Moulins	173
CHAPTER X
Prisoners on Parole—Social Habits—Marriages—Exchange of Prisoners	190
CHAPTER XI
British Prisoners in France—Verdun—Narrative of the Rev. J. Hopkinson	223
CHAPTER XII
The Truce and the Peace—Prison Evacuated, 1802—Finally Cleared, 1814—Demolished, 1816	239
Appendices	257
Index	343

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