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White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa´s One Million European Slaves
Giles Milton
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Description for White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa´s One Million European Slaves
Paperback. Rich in historical insight and told in a dramatic and engaging voice, this is a superb evocation of the period with a series character to rival Sharpe. Editor(s): Philipps, Roland. Num Pages: 352 pages, B/W line drawings & photos. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale. Using the firsthand testimony of a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow, Giles Milton vividly reconstructs a disturbing, little known chapter of history. Pellow was bought by the tyrannical sultan of Morocco who was constructing an imperial pleasure palace of enormous scale and grandeur, ... Read more
This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale. Using the firsthand testimony of a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow, Giles Milton vividly reconstructs a disturbing, little known chapter of history. Pellow was bought by the tyrannical sultan of Morocco who was constructing an imperial pleasure palace of enormous scale and grandeur, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
242g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340794708
SKU
V9780340794708
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About Giles Milton
Giles Milton is a writer and historian. He is the internationally bestselling author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg, Big Chief Elizabeth, The Riddle and the Knight, White Gold, Samurai William, Paradise Lost, Wolfram and Russian Roulette. He has also written three novels and three children's books. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He lives in south London. ... Read more
Reviews for White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa´s One Million European Slaves
Giles Milton... has crafted an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining
The Times
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
An extraordinary story which few people will be at all ... Read more
The Times
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
An extraordinary story which few people will be at all ... Read more