White Gold: The Forgotten Story of North Africa's One Million European Slaves
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基本信息·出版社：Sceptre
·出版日期：2005年05月
·ISBN：0340895098
·International Standard Book Number：0340895098
·条形码：9780340895092
·EAN：9780340895092
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and 52 of his comrades were captured at sea by the Barbary corsairs. Their captors - fanatical Islamic slave traders - had declared war on the whole of Christendom. Thousands of Europeans had been snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of Algiers, Tunis and Sale in Morocco to be sold to the highest bidder. Pellow was bought by the tyrannical sultan of Morocco, who bragged that his white slaves enabled him to hold all of Europe to ransom. The sultan was constructing an imperial pleasure palace of enormous scale and grandeur, built entirely by Christian slave labour. Thomas Pellow was selected to be a personal slave of the sultan and he would witness first-hand the barbaric splendour of the imperial Moroccan court, as well as experience of daily terror. For 23 years, he would dream of his home, his family and freedom. He was one of the fortunate few who survived to tell his told. Drawn from unpublished letters and manuscripts written by slaves and by the padres and ambassadors sent to free them, this shocking and extraordinary story reveals a disturbing and forgotten chapter of our history. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
作者简介 Giles Milton is a writer and journalist. He has contributed articles for most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications and specialises in the history of travel and exploration. In the course of his researches, he has travelled extensively in Europe and the Middle East. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
专业书评 Giles Milton has a gift for searching out odd and forgotten corners of history and turning them into bestselling books... this is not a dry history, but a full-blooded narrative closer in style to a historical novel than to an academic study.' -- William Palmer, Literary Review 20040704 'Milton's story could scarcely be more action-packed, and its setting and subsidiary characters are as fantastic as its events.' -- The Sunday Times 20040704 'An extraordinary story which few people will be at all familiar with... an exciting and sensational account of a really swash-buckling historical episode' -- Philip Hensher, Spectator 20040704 Giles Milton's narrative races along as he stitches together a story of heroism, sacrifice and misplaced zeal, painstakingly researched from contemporary writing and records' -- Observer 20040704 'Giles Milton... has crafted an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining' -- The Times 20040704 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
