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Reading's lost Danish Prisoners of War
Author John Nixon and Katie Tyler explore Reading's lost Danish Prisoners of War.
John Nixon, author of The Gentleman Danes, and Katie Tyler explore Reading's lost Danish Prisoners of War.
In the early 1800s, as Britain battled Napoleon's army, hundreds of Danish Prisoners of War were sent to the market town of Reading where they lived on parole.
Two centuries on, their unique impact on the town has been almost forgotten.
