February 2025 – Corsairs & Captives

AN ENGLISHMAN IN ALGIERS

Sir Kenelm Digby—an English nobleman of the early seventeenth century—led a complicated life. His father, Sir Everard Digby, had been[…]

As we saw in a post in this blog back in December 2024 (the one on Captain John Smith, excerpted[…]

When most people think of Barbary corsairs, they think of them as being Muslims from North Africa. They were. And[…]

(This post is a continuation of Cannons – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best[…]