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Bezig met laden... Corsairdoor Tim Severin
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   Natt90 | Mar 22, 2023 |  In historical fact, in 1677, some Barbary Corsairs sacked Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland and took most of the inhabitants into slavery in the Middle East, this follows one of those people, Hector Lynch, who is sold in Algiers and follows his adventures as slave (several times) and more as he tries to discover what happened to his sister, Elizabeth and to survive all the complex politics in the world of the time. The complicated politics are interesting but sometimes it felt like the author had a lot of historical detail that he wanted to share with the reader, sometimes at the expense of story. Not bad but I wanted more. (  ) wyvernfriend | Apr 5, 2017 | Actually listened to this from audible.com; the reading is brilliantly delivered by Rupert Farley. Highly recommended. More on this and hand drawn maps(!) at http://pratalife.blogspot.com/2009/04/hand-drawn-maps-corsair.html (  ) pratalife | Feb 9, 2014 | Actually listened to this from audible.com; the reading is brilliantly delivered by Rupert Farley. Highly recommended. More on this and hand drawn maps(!) at http://pratalife.blogspot.com/2009/04/hand-drawn-maps-corsair.html ( ) pratalife | Feb 9, 2014 | Suitable for teen readers as no swearing/gratuitous violence/sex. the adventure might be a pull for them and the language & story arc are straightforward. Enjoyable, but not enough to chase the sequels. (  ) celerydog | Jan 4, 2013 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Corsair by Tim Severin is the first swashbuckling adventure in the Pirate series. 1677. On a late-summer's evening, two ships lurk off the coast of southwest Ireland. Seventeen-year-old Hector Lynch wakes to the sound of a pistol shot as the Barbary corsairs raid his village, and he and his sister are snatched. Separated from each other, Hector is sold at auction in Algiers, and thrown into a bewildering world where life is cheap and only the quick-witted survive. In North Africa, Hector befriends fellow captive Dan, a Miskito Indian from the Caribbean, and the two men convert to Islam to escape the horrors of the slave barracks - only to become victims of the deadly warfare of the Mediterranean. Serving aboard a Turkish ship, their vessel is sunk at sea and by a savage twist of fortune they are chained to the oar bench of a French galley. Desperate to find his sister, Hector finally stumbles on the chilling truth of her fate when he and Dan are shipwrecked on the coast of Morocco. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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