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The Stolen Village
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The Stolen Village (2006) (edit title/settings)

Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates

by Des Elkin (Author) (edit contributors)

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In June 1631, pirates from Algiers and armed troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, stormed ashore at the little harbour village of Baltimore in West Cork. They captured almost all the villagers and bore them away to a life of slavery in North Africa. Some prisoners were destined to live out... read more

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  • “It is the true story of an entire village - well, almost an entire village - that disappeared.”
    Des Ekin, author
  • “In an era when it was commonplace for white traders from England to land on the African coast and to seize black people as slaves, this was one of the comparatively rare occasions when the boot was on the other foot: a slaving mission from Africa landing on English-held territory and seizing white slaves.”
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Like black sharks scything through the sea towards their prey, the boats of the Barbary corsairs moved soundlessly across the moonlit surface of Roaring Water Bay.

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Preface

The Sack of Baltimore
The Last Day
Hunting for Humans
The Spark and the Powderkeg
The Warrior Monks
The Wind Dog
'All Was Terror and Dismay'
Desperate Men, Shameless Women
The Turning of Edward Fawlett
The Dreadful Hour
A Wretched Captivity
Manifesting the Calamities
A Bed of Thorns
A Remedy for Grief
Black Paste and Putrid Water
The Diamond City
Moving Next Door to Hell
'A Good Prize! Prisoners! Slaves!
The Slave Market
Condemned to the Oar
'Dog of a Christian, to Work'
Beyond the Gates of Felicity
Through the Silk Tunnel
The Children
Cursed wuth Iscariot
The Sweetest Voice
Apostasy Now
Fleeing the Pirates Nest
Bagnio Days, Bagnio Nights
Habituated to Bondage
The Redemption of Captives
Homeward Bound
The Legacy of Baltimore
The Three Knights
Endgame: The Battle for Control of Baltimore

Appendix: The Taken
Bibliography and Recommended Reading
Source Notes
Picture Credits

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  1. Des Elkin (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: O'Brien
Country: Ireland
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0862789559
Page Count: 398

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