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Pirates Of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean Book
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From the coast of Southern Europe to Morocco and the Ottoman states of Algiers Tunis and Tripoli Christian and Muslim seafarers met in bustling ports to swap religions to battle and to trade goods and sales - raiding as far as Ireland and Iceland in search of their human currency. Studying the origins of these men their culture and practices Adrian Tinniswood expertly recreates the twilight world of the corsairs and uncovers a truly remarkable clash of civilisations. Drawing on a wealth of material from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims as well as recent Islamic accounts "Pirates of Barbary" provides a new perspectives of the corsairs and a fascinating insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a life so violent so uncertain and so alien that it sets you apart from the rest of mankind.
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Drawing on material from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims as well as Islamic accounts this title provides perspectives of the corsairs and an insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a life so violent so uncertain and so alien that it sets you apart from the rest of mankind.
- 0099523868
- 9780099523864
- Adrian Tinniswood
- 3 March 2011
- Vintage
- Paperback (Book)
- 368
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