... squarerigged ship on government service from Devonport to Cape Town. The ‘cargo’ consists of a draft of convicts from Dartmoor Prison, volunteers to serve as labour batallions to fight against ...

... (R. Hale £3.10) is set in Devonshire in 1812 when Americans were added to the many French prisoners-of-war housed in Dartmoor Prison. Caroline Quenby of Venncombe Manor falls in love with one ot them, Naval Surgeon Thaddeus Forbes of Virginia, despite ...