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This week, we continue with yet another excerpt from the captivity narrative of John Foss, the American who, in October,[…]

Last week, we looked at how Hayreddin Barbarossa—one of the infamous Barbarossa brothers—took the Peñón of Algiers (a fort the[…]

Being captured by Barbary corsairs was bad news. The capture itself was awful enough. At the very least, it was[…]

I have a new book out. It’s titled Corsairs & Captives: Narratives from the Age of the Barbary Pirates. Corsairs[…]

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