Napoleon and His British Captives

318pp, 13pp black and white plates. Green cloth-covered boards; blind embossed logo on front, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Previous owner’s bookplate on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. 8vo. Professor Lewis discusses both principles and people as the old seemly conventions of ‘exchange’ and ‘parole’ are wantonly shattered by Napoleon to create a fatal precedent and a pernicious institution – the internment camp.