Enjoy The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates from Des Ekin

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates Author: Des Ekin Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In June 1631 pirates from Algiers and armed troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, led by the notorious pirate captain Morat Rais, stormed ashore at the little harbor village of Baltimore in West Cork. They captured almost all the villagers and bore them away to a life of slavery in North Africa. The prisoners were destined for a variety of fates—some would live out their days chained to the oars as galley slaves, while others would spend long years in the scented seclusion of the harem or within the walls of the Sultan's palace. The old city of Algiers, with its narrow streets, intense heat and lively trade, was a melting pot where the villagers would join slaves and freemen of many nationalities. Only two of them ever saw Ireland again. The Sack of Baltimore was the most devastating invasion ever mounted by Islamist forces on Ireland or England. Des Ekin's exhaustive research illuminates the political intrigues that ensured the captives were left to their fate, and provides a vivid insight into the kind of life that would have awaited the slaves amid the souks and seraglios of old Algiers. The Stolen Village is a fascinating tale of international piracy and culture clash nearly 400 years ago and is the first book to cover this relatively unknown and under-researched incident in Irish history.