Category: Captives

There is a popular YouTube channel named Voices of the Past. It presents a series of videos that combine images[…]

Last week here in this blog, we finished a series of posts—taken from Stolen Lives, the book my Icelandic colleague,[…]

(This post is a continuation of Icelanders in Algiers – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best[…]

(This post is a continuation of Icelanders in Algiers – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

(This post is a continuation of Icelanders in Algiers – Parts 1, 2, & 3. If you haven’t done so[…]

(This post is a continuation of Icelanders in Algiers – Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4. If you haven’t done[…]

(This post is a continuation of Icelanders in Algiers – Parts 1 – 5. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

Back in 2016, my Icelandic colleague, Karl Smári Hreinsson, and I published The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson: The Story[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Barbary Corsair Raid on Heimaey in 1627 – Part 1. If you haven’t done[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Barbary Corsair Raid on Heimaey in 1627– Parts 1 & 2. If you[…]