Prisoner of the British: The Journal of a Prisoner of War in the War of 1812

It's an account of life as a British prisoner of war during the War of 1812, and it's also a mystery.

Prisoner of the British was originally released in 1816 as A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, Late a Surgeon on Board an American Privateer, Who Was Captured at Sea by the British. As such it is an immensely readable, if eye-opening, account of the author's experiences as a British prisoner of war during the War of 1812. At first he was held at Melville Island, Halifax, then in a pris…