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Tells the story of Grenville J Davies, a young man from the Welsh Valleys who was taken Prisoner of War at the beginning of WWII. Retold from a diary Gren was able to keep on …

'The story of a lesser known - but perhaps the greatest - escape of Second World War prisoners has been told in a new book.' The Scotsman 'This is undeniably history as it should …

The astonishing true story of two First World War prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time.

The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.

When the American media published photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the Bush administration assured the world that the abuse was isolated and that the …

During the winter of 1863-1864, 1,200 Union officers lived in squalor and semi-starvation in Richmond's Libby Prison, known as "The Bastille of the South." On February 9, 109 of …

‘Beguiling.’ The Times ‘Compelling.’ Wall Street Journal ‘A vivid portrait.’ Daily Mail Buried in the history of our most famous jail, a unique story of captivity, violence and …

This is a new and expanded second edition of the best-selling first edition. The author has provided an in-depth historical account with new information on a number of prisoners …

With expert scholars and great sensitivity, Out of Line, Out of Place illuminates and analyzes how the proliferation of internment camps emerged as a biopolitical tool of …

Francois Bizot's memoir of the 'killing fields' of Cambodia is a contemporary classic - the perfectly recalled, bitterly meditative account of one man's journey through a world …