Review: 'The Island of Extraordinary Captives,' by Simon Parkin
In Simon Parkin’s riveting account, a shameful chapter in British history is also a testament to creativity and hope.
Source: nytimes.com
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Summer reading: the 50 hottest new books for a great escape
From pageturning thrillers and comic novels to an antidote to doomscrolling – our pick of the best new fiction and nonfiction. Plus 10 brilliant paperbacks, and 10 great reads for children and teens
Source: theguardian.com
How the arts thrived at 'the University of Barbed Wire'
Simon Parkin’s book about so-called ‘enemy aliens’ interned by the British makes for an informative and engaging read, says Nicholas Jacobs
Source: westminsterextra.co.uk
The Island of Extraordinary Captives by Simon Parkin review – light amid darkness
The story of how art and intellect triumphed in Britain’s bleak internment camps for ‘enemy aliens’ on the Isle of Man
Source: theguardian.com
The Island of Extraordinary Captives review – fascinating history of an interned artist
Simon Parkin unearths the story of German Jewish refugee Peter Fleischmann, who became a painter while a prisoner in a second world war camp on the Isle of Man
Source: theguardian.com