Captives and Corsairs

Captives and Corsairs

Author: Gillian Weiss

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2011-03-11

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 080477000X

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French response to the capture and enslavement of French citizens and subjects by Muslim corsairs in the Mediterranean.


Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 1

Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 1

Author: Laurie Garrison

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-05-17

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1040128963

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The panorama is primarily a visual medium, but a variety of print matter mediated its viewing; adverts, reviews, handbills and a descriptive programme accompanied by an annotated key to the canvas. The short accounts, programs, reviews, articles and lectures collected here are the primary historical sources left to us.


Commander

Commander

Author: Stephen Taylor

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0393071642

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An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, Taylor tells the story of the magnificient Edward Pellew.