PIRATES OF BARBARY
Book ID/图书代码： 04700009B32622
English Summary/英文概要： "Pirates of Barbary" is an extraordinary record of the European renegades and Islamic sea-rovers who terrorised the Mediterranean and beyond throughout the seventeenth century. From the coast of Southern Europe to Morocco and the Ottoman states of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Christian and Muslim seafarers met in bustling ports to swap religions, to battle and to trade goods and slaves - raiding as far as Iceland and New England in search of their human currency. Studying the origins of these men, their culture and practices - from pirate etiquette to intimidation tactics - Adrian Tinniswood expertly recreates the twilight world of the corsairs in fascinating detail, and uncovers a truly remarkable clash of civilisations. "Pirates of Barbary" draws on an incredible wealth of material, from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims, as well as recent Islamic accounts to provide a new perspective on the corsairs, both as criminals and as devout warriors engaged in a battle against European incursions. The result is a kaleidoscopic image of a wild and exotic people, place and time, and a fascinating insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a life so violent, so uncertain, and so alien that it set you apart from the rest of mankind.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 整个十七世纪，地中海地区海盗横行。这群海上特殊的群体，是由来自欧洲的流亡者以及伊斯兰地区的海盗所构成；他们牢牢把持了自欧洲南部到摩洛哥，横跨阿尔及尔、突尼斯和利比亚的漫长海岸线，他们穿梭于各个繁华港口之间，打家劫舍、买卖货物、贩卖奴隶的同时也推动了宗教之间的交流 - 甚至连冰岛和新英格兰等地，也曾留下他们的足迹。针对当时海盗的起源、文化习俗以及所引发的文明冲突 ，本书都进行了详细的介绍；读者还将看到丰富的史实材料，包括相关伊斯兰文献，叙述了这群亦敌亦友的海盗，在抵抗欧洲入侵的过程中所发挥的作用；对于那群曾经抛家弃子，选择在几乎与世隔绝的大海之上乘风破浪的海盗们，本书将会带给我们全新的认识。(WHL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Adrian Tinniswood is a historian and educationalist. He lectures regularly in Britain and the US, and was for many years consultant to the National Trust on heritage education. He is the author of eleven books of social and architectural history including His Invention So Fertile, his acclaimed biography of Sir Christopher Wren.
本书作者 Adrian Tinniswood ，著名历史学家、教育学家；他经常于英美两国之间开设讲座，并先后出版了共计七本有关社会、建筑史方面的著作，其中包括有His Invention So Fertile，以及 Christopher Wren爵士自传等.
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