Category: Captives

This week we continue the story of Father Pierre Dan’s ransoming expedition to Algiers in 1634. When Yusuf Basha (the[…]

Europeans captives enslaved in Algiers dreamed of one thing above all others: being ransomed. If you were a citizen of[…]

Last year we spent considerable time looking at what life was like in Algiers for the myriad of European captives[…]

This week—the first of 2025—we continue the series of posts drawn from Corsairs & Captives, my new book. This week’s[…]

This week, we continue the series of posts drawn from Corsairs & Captives, my new book. As promised last week,[…]

This week we conclude the story of the Knight de Cherf, another in the series of posts on life in[…]

This week we continue the story of the Knight de Cherf, another in the series of posts on life in[…]

This week we continue the series of posts on life in Algiers drawn from Relation de la captivité et liberté[…]

This week we continue the series of posts on life in Algiers drawn from Relation de la captivité et liberté[…]

This week we continue the series of posts on life in Algiers drawn from the book titled Relation de la[…]