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 James K. White A history of the pirating activities along and around the "Barbary coast" between the 15th and 19th centuries, from the time of the pirate, Ujra Barbarossa, to the French control of Algeria in 1830. Although piracy had plagued all the world's waterways from the first time man decided to trade by boat or ship, authors Lane-Poole and Kelley tell mainly of the origins and "Golden Age" of the Moor pirates who rampaged the Mediterranean Sea from ports of call along the north coast of Africa. - Summary by James K. White 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 . Download M4B (178MB)

Directors & creators

Stanley Lane-Poole; J. D. Jerrold Kelley

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;pirates; sailing; corsair; buccaneer

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