In Tolstoy's War and Peace, one character is captured after the Battle of Austerlitz and is taken as a POW. Was his experience historically accurate?
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There is an ample evidence that prisoners of war in Napoleonic wars were treated in a humane fashion by all sides. (This can be seen from memoirs and other literature). And of course, an officer and a prince had a better treatment than a simple soldier. Most of Tolstoy's characters are fictional but the novel generally reflects the reality very well.
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