Buy this book on-line TINNISWOOD,ADRIAN: : PIRATES of BARBARY:Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century MediterraneanLONDON.CAPE,2010. ISBN 9780224085267.
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eps.8vo,xiv-xvipp+2-352pp [paginated] includes foreword,16 chapters,b/w line illus/maps (35) etc.,throughout the text and the book,acknowledgements,notes,biblio,
an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication,b/w map of 17thC Mediterranean, quotation extracts (2),contents+
illus lists/tables.
'Pirates of Barbary' is an extraordinary record of the European
renegades and Islamic searovers who terrorised the Mediterranean and beyond throughout the 17thC.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 slaves - 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 in fascinting detail,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 perspective on the corsairs,both as criminals and as devout warriors engaged in a battle against European incursions.
The result is a kaleidoscopic image of a wild and exotic people,place and time,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 set you apart from the rest of mankind. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of TINNISWOOD,ADRIAN: : PIRATES of BARBARY:Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, atlases, livres rares, antiquarian books and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |