WINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE'Vivid and moving' Max Hastings Sunday Times'Excellent . . . a
powerful tribute' GuardianIn the summer of 1940 faced with national paranoia Prime Minister
Winston Churchill ordered the internment of all German Austrian and Italian citizens living in
Britain. Most were refugees who had fled Nazi oppression. They now faced imprisonment by the
country in which they had staked their trust. Among the inmates of Hutchinson Internment Camp
on the Isle of Man were world-renowned artists musicians and intellectuals: despite their
unjust captivity they remained resilient transforming their prison into an artistic and
academic community. Meticulously researched and grippingly recounted The Island of
Extraordinary Captives tells the story of history's most remarkable group of prisoners - and
how they found hope even in the most challenging of circumstances.'Riveting . . . an account of
cinematic vividness' New York Times Book Review'Eye-opening insightful and brilliantly
written' Daily Mirror
