The Story of the Barbary Corsairs

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole; J. D. Jerrold Kelley. Read in English by Eric Evans; Kristine Bekere; Hudbus; Aaron Bennett; Brent "Buddha" George; Theoden Humphrey; pattymarie; Beth Blakely; KevinS; Greg Giordano; Lee The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa. The most famous (or infamous) was Barbarossa. Here Kelley and Lane-Poole give us an unromanticized look at these villains of the seas. The work includes the rise of the Knights Templar and the colonization of Africa by England and France. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (178MB)

Directors & creators

Stanley Lane-Poole; J. D. Jerrold Kelley

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;pirates; ottoman empire

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