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The stolen village : Baltimore and the Barbary pirates

By Des , Ekin

Book information

Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9781847171047, 1847171044, 978-1-84717-431-4
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
3 MB (2834872 bytes)
Edition
1. publ
Pages
477\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00

Description

In June 1631 pirates from Algiers and armed troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, led by the notorious pirate captain Morat Rais, stormed ashore at the little harbour village of Baltimore in West Cork. They captured almost all the villagers and bore them away to a life of slavery in North Africa. The prisoners were destined for a variety of fates -- some would live out their days chained to the oars as galley slaves, while others would spend long years in the scented seclusion of the harem or within the walls of the Sultan's palace. The old city of Algiers, with its narrow streets, intense heat and lively trade, was a melting pot where the villagers would join slaves and freemen of many nationalities. Only two of them ever saw Ireland again

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