Download or read book Napoleon the Gaoler written by Edward Fraser and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This century has seen the Centenary of the release of Napoleon's British Prisoners of War." "...between 1803 and 1814...the British prisoners numbered fewer than 12,000, and of these, speaking generally, more than a third were merchantman officers and sailors captured at sea by French frigates and privateers." -- preface and introduction.