The Gentlemen Danes by John Nixon - Click & Collect Exclusive

Author John Nixon's debut based on the memoirs of a young naval lieutenant called Hans Birch Dahlerup. This heart-warming story tells of almost 600 Danish prisoners of war who became part of the Reading community. Full of colour, it transports the reader back to a time of wooden sailing ships and battles at sea, observes daily life in an English market town at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describes dramatic events that prisoners were involved in.