Escape in America: The British Convention Prisoners 1777-1783 by Richard Sampson (HQ416)

Published 1995: First Edition / Hardcover / Excellent Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original green embossed cloth and pictorial dust jacket. 226 as new clean and bright unmarked pages. Slight shelf wear. (HQ416)

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During the War of American Independence and after the British defeat at Saratoga, 3,000 British soldiers from the Royal Artillery and 10 British Infantry Regiments, on orders from their commanding officer Lietenant General John Burgoyne, laid down their arms. The story of what happened to these men, often distorted, has been largely ignored by British military historians. Now for the first time 'Escape in America' disperses some of the mystery which has surrounded their story. Google Books...