*SIGNED* PIRATES OF BARBARY by ADRIAN TINNISWOOD - Hardback D/W - 2010

Pirates of Barbary is an \nextraordinary record of the European renegades and Islamic sea-rovers \nwho terrorised the Mediterranean and beyond throughout the seventeenth \ncentury. From the coast of Southern Europe to Morocco and the Ottoman \nstates of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Christian and Muslim seafarers met\n in bustling ports to swap religions, to battle and to trade goods and \nslaves - raiding as far as Iceland and New England in search of their \nhuman currency. Studying the origins of these men, their culture and \npractices - from pirate etiquette to intimidation tactics - Adrian \nTinniswood expertly recreates the twilight world of the corsairs in \nfascinating detail, and uncovers a truly remarkable clash of \ncivilisations. \n Pirates of Barbary draws on an \nincredible wealth of material, from furious royal proclamations to the \nprivate letters of pirates and their victims, as well as recent Islamic \naccounts to provide a new perspective on the corsairs, both as c.