Simon Mayo

The war of 1812 is over, but for the inmates at Dartmoor Prison, peace-like home-is still a long way away. On New Year's Eve 1814, the American sailors of the Eagle finally arrive at Dartmoor prison, bedraggled, exhausted, but burning with hope. They've only had one thing to sustain them during the har- rowing voyage-a snatched whisper overheard along the way. The war is finally over. Joe Hill thought he'd left the war outside these walls but it's...