Des Ekin

The Stolen Village

Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped the inhabitants of Baltimore, West Cork in a daring night time raid. Only two of them ever returned. Here is the story of their kidnap, sale in the slave markets of Algiers and the political fallout from the attack.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Brien Press Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 131mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781847171047
• ISBN-10: 1847171044
• Artikelnr.: 23591778

Autorenporträt

Des Ekin was a journalist and is the author of four books. Born in County Down, Northern Ireland, he began his career as a reporter. After spending several years covering the Ulster Troubles, he rose to become Deputy Editor of the Belfast Sunday News before moving to his current home in Dublin. He worked as a journalist, columnist, Assistant Editor and finally Political Correspondent for The Sunday World until 2012. His book The Stolen Village (2006) was shortlisted for the Argosy Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year and for Book of the Decade in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2010. He is married with a son and two daughters.