![]() Moulay Ismail, the dominant character, died in old age (as with Henry VII, his death was kept secret for some time-in his case about two months). At least, the blurb say so, but the endnotes reveal a lot of detailed research, mostly English or French books, some translated from Arabic. Giles Milton's story is based on the memoirs in English of Thomas Pellow from Cornwall, who was captured at sea aged 11. It's a coastal area bounded by mountains. The very last endnote quotes that at least a million European Christians were enslaved from 1530-1780, in NW Africa-from Tunis then west to Algiers, Tangier (just south west of Gibraltar) and down to Salé. This is mostly an 18th century story it ends in 1816. One-volume guide to north African war which is still little-known ![]() Pointlessness and cruelty of Islam, December 1, 2010 ![]() ![]() Review of Muslim history Giles Milton: White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves ![]()
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