(This post is a continuation of Don Quixote – The Captive’s Tale – Parts 1 through 10. If you haven’t[…]
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DON QUIXOTE – THE CAPTIVE’S TALE – PART 12
(This post is a continuation of Don Quixote – The Captive’s Tale – Parts 1 through 11. If you haven’t[…]
Read moreTHE PROBLEM WITH RANSOMS: THE TANGLED WEB OF POLITICS AND INFLUENCE
Ransoming captives from North Africa wasn’t a simple process. The logistics could be fiendishly complicated and difficult, and, as we[…]
Read moreTHE PROBLEM WITH RANSOMS: THE CORRUPTING POWER OF LARGE SUMS OF READY CASH
Being captured by Barbary corsairs and sold into slavery like a beast of burden was a devastatingly traumatic experience. Everything[…]
Read moreTHE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 1
Last week’s post in this blog contained an excerpt from Francis Brooks’ Barbarian Cruelty that told the unhappy story of[…]
Read moreTHE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 2
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh, who was captured by corsairs from Salé in the summer[…]
Read moreTHE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 3
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh, who was captured by corsairs from Salé in the summer[…]
Read moreTHE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 4
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh, who was captured by corsairs from Salé in the summer[…]
Read moreTHE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 5
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh, who was captured by corsairs from Salé in the summer[…]
Read moreTHE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 6
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh, who was captured by corsairs from Salé in the summer[…]
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