Before he wrote a thesaurus, Roget had to escape Napoleon’s dragnet

The dangers of travel when your country declares war on the country/territory you are in:

King George III lamented the French ruler’s “restless disposition,” and on May 18—a little more than one year after the armistice—Britain declared war on France.

In retribution, Bonaparte issued a decree that all British citizens in French territory over the age of 18 be held as prisoners of war—including those living in Geneva, an independent city-state that Napoleon had annexed. Roget was stunned. “The measure was so unprecedented and so atrocious as to appear destitute of all foundation,” he wrote.

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Unfortunately this is type of travel misfortune has occurred to so many.