Description
| Product ID: | 9780099523864 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Pirates Of Barbary |
| Subtitle: | Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean |
| Authors: | Author: Adrian Tinniswood |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | African history, African history, History, Maritime history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Maritime history, North Africa, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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 |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-03-03 |
