Author: Clara CorfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Royal captives
Author: Clara CorfieldThe Royal Captives
Author: Ann YearsleyRoyal Captives
Author: Crona TempleTroades: Or the Royal Captives, A Tragedy ... English'd by E. Sherburne, Esq.; with Annotations
Author: Lucius Annaeus SenecaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Captives of Liberty
Author: T. Cole JonesPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812296559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Contrary to popular belief, the American Revolutionary War was not a limited and restrained struggle for political self-determination. From the onset of hostilities, British authorities viewed their American foes as traitors to be punished, and British abuse of American prisoners, both tacitly condoned and at times officially sanctioned, proliferated. Meanwhile, more than seventeen thousand British and allied soldiers fell into American hands during the Revolution. For a fledgling nation that could barely afford to keep an army in the field, the issue of how to manage prisoners of war was daunting. Captives of Liberty examines how America's founding generation grappled with the problems posed by prisoners of war, and how this influenced the wider social and political legacies of the Revolution. When the struggle began, according to T. Cole Jones, revolutionary leadership strove to conduct the war according to the prevailing European customs of military conduct, which emphasized restricting violence to the battlefield and treating prisoners humanely. However, this vision of restrained war did not last long. As the British denied customary protections to their American captives, the revolutionary leadership wasted no time in capitalizing on the prisoners' ordeals for propagandistic purposes. Enraged, ordinary Americans began to demand vengeance, and they viewed British soldiers and their German and Native American auxiliaries as appropriate targets. This cycle of violence spiraled out of control, transforming the struggle for colonial independence into a revolutionary war. In illuminating this history, Jones contends that the violence of the Revolutionary War had a profound impact on the character and consequences of the American Revolution. Captives of Liberty not only provides the first comprehensive analysis of revolutionary American treatment of enemy prisoners but also reveals the relationship between America's political revolution and the war waged to secure it.
Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of His Royal Highness, the Duke of York, Deceased ...
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Captives, a Tragedy; as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. By the Author of the Royal Suppliants [i.e. John Delap]
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Author: John DelapRoyal Replicas 4
Author: Michael PiercePublisher:
ISBN: 9781980803959
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
After awaking in the palace, Victoria learns firsthand what's been happening to her sisters--and the horrors they've had to endure. Now locked within her own body, she's merely a passenger, forced to ride along as the doctors' sinister plot unfolds. How many people--including the ones she loves most--will have to die by her hand?Meanwhile, Prince Byron is the number one suspect in the Queen's murder, making his efforts to save Victoria and return the crown to Princess Amelia far more dangerous. Is he willing to risk everything to get back the girl he loves?Join Victoria and Byron as they fight for the fate of the Kingdom in the EPIC final installment of the Royal Replicas series!Buy now and find out how it all ends!
Old Dorset
Author: Henry Joseph MoulePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dorset (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Antiquary
Author: Edward WalfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description