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by Adrian Tinniswood

Bettie's Books rated it

11 years ago

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bookshelves: african-continent, nonfiction, pirates-smugglers-wreckers, autumn-2012, published-2010, turkish-and-or-ottoman-root, afr-morocco, afr-tunisia, afr-algeria, war Read from September 09 to October 23, 2012 Read by Clive ChaferOverview - The true story that's "bloody good entertainment"...

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Bettie's Books rated it

12 years ago

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Read by Clive ChaferOverview - The true story that's "bloody good entertainment" (New York Times) about the colorful and legendary pirates of the 17th century.If not for today's news stories about piracy on the high seas, it'd be easy to think of pirating as a romantic way of life long gone. But not...

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JasonKoivu rated it

13 years ago

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RRRRRRRRrrrrandstuff...Okay, so this may not be as wild and fantastical as The Pirates of the Caribbean, but Adrian Tinniswood did a great job bringing this version of swashbuckling history to life. There are some salacious tales of daring, but Pirates of Barbary goes beyond the expected stereotypes...

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