Category: Book Recommendations

In the summer of 1627, two groups of Barbary corsairs raided Iceland. My Icelandic colleague, Karl Smári Hreinsson, and I[…]

It’s been a very long time since I last posted a book recommendation here in this blog. Time to remedy[…]

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped[…]

The Sea Rover’s Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730   —-   by Benerson Little The Sea Rover’s Practice isn’t really about[…]

Sometimes books that deal with historical events are interesting because they present you with things you’ve never heard about. Sometimes,[…]

Every once in a while I come across a book that I genuinely can’t put down.  Pepys’s Navy: Ships, Men[…]

There are times in history when great powers face off against each other and, in the process, provoke famous battles.[…]

In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs from North Africa raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting a total[…]

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were the period when the Barbary corsairs were at their height, pillaging mercilessly throughout the[…]

In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs from North Africa launched what was undoubtedly the most audacious long-distance raid they[…]