Corsairs and Captives: Narratives from the Age of the Barbary Pirates by Adam Ni

Description: Corsairs and Captives: Narratives from the Age of the Barbary Pirates by Adam Nichols Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description From the mid-sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries, Barbary corsairs from North Africa swarmed the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, seizing enormous amounts of booty and tens of thousands of captives, hauling them back to the slave markets in their home ports and auctioning them off to the highest bidder. The conflict between these Barbary corsairs and Europe was military, but not just that; religious, but not just that; social and economic, but not just that either. Above all, it was a human conflict, with all the confusion, blurred lines, and inherent messiness of such things, and the narratives it generated were more complicated than simple swashbuckling pirate tales. _Corsairs & Captives_ presents a collection of these narratives, all based directly on primary-source documents, a number of which are translated into English for the first time. They include biographies of four renegade corsair captains (Europeans who converted to Islam and became corsairs), descriptions of sea battles by those who were there, accounts of ransomed captives, the report of a French Trinitarian friar who led a ransoming expedition to Algiers, even the transcript of a trial held by the Canary Islands chapter of the (in)famous Spanish Inquisition. These narratives bring to life a world much rougher than our own but no less complicated, in which people with the ordinary human fears and aspirations we are familiar with today struggled to endure. It is not the world most people expect when they think of Barbary corsairs. It is more interesting than that. AUTHOR: Adam Nichols is an associate professor with the University of Maryland. For twenty years he taught for the university in England, Scotland, Iceland, Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Afghanistan and has also lived and worked in Norway, Australia, China, and Canada. He published five fantasy novels in the late 1990s and early 2000s and, more recently, has written six books about a series of Barbary corsair raids on Iceland (with Karl Smári Hreinsson) as well as multiple articles. He now lives in the US. 32 b/w illustrations Author Biography Adam Nichols is an associate professor with the University of Maryland. For twenty years he taught for the university in England, Scotland, Iceland, Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Afghanistan and has also lived and worked in Norway, Australia, China, and Canada. He published five fantasy novels in the late 1990s and early 2000s and, more recently, has written six books about a series of Barbary corsair raids on Iceland (with Karl Smári Hreinsson) as well as multiple articles. He now lives in the US. Details ISBN 1036106071 ISBN-13 9781036106072 Title Corsairs and Captives: Narratives from the Age of the Barbary Pirates Author Adam Nichols Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 224 Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd GE_Item_ID:162611639; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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