After their surrender at the Battle of Bailen, 12,000 French prisoners of war were exiled to the bleak island of Cabrera in the Mediterranean, with only the clothes on their backs. This is the meticulously researched account of their story, never before told in English. Illustrations.
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After their surrender at the Battle of Bailen, 12,000 French prisoners of war were exiled to the bleak island of Cabrera in the Mediterranean, with only the clothes on their backs. This is the meticulously researched account of their story, never before told in English. Illustrations.
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Very Good. Size: 5x1x8; Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Hard cover with DJ. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to boards and DJ. Clean, tight binding. First edition. First printing. Full number line and/or stated 1st edition.
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Good in Good dust jacket. -Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing.; -We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The disturbing history of the little-known internment and fate of twelve thousand French prisoners during the Napeolonic wars, tricked and betrayed and thence held on the island of Cabrera and suffering great hardships and loss of life until their eventual repatriation to France. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains maps, illustrations, note on sources, notes, bibliography, indexed, 219pp., small remainders mark to underside of pagination. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
