The Sultan's Admiral
Author : Ernle Bradford
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Page : 252 pages
File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 1968
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Author : Ernle Bradford
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 1968
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Author : Ernle Bradford
Publisher : Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 28,78 MB
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781845117931
In this definitive biography, Ernle Bradford has brilliantly recreated Barbarossa’s remarkable life alongside a vivid portrayal of the Ottoman and Mediterranean worlds at this thrilling moment in history. Admiral, naval hero, pirate, warrior and empire-builder, Kheir ed-Din or Barbarossa, as he was known in the West, was a legendary figure. Born on Lesbos in Greece he rose to become High Admiral of the Ottoman Navy, Sultan of Algiers and friend and advisor to Suleiman the Magnificent. His life dominated the history of the Mediterranean in the 16th century. From the moment that he and his brother, Aruj, established themselves on the North African coast, the pattern of life and trade in the Mediterranean changed forever and for nearly 300 years after it was affected by the activities of raiders from what came to be called the Barbary Coast. His achievements in reorganizing the Ottoman Navy and his command of it helped the expansion of the Turkish Empire that threatened all of Europe.
Author : Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 14,32 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Pirates
ISBN : 9780340025048
Author : Alfred Cellier
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Page : 142 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Operas
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Author : Allen Hingle
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1412009359
What does a young Navajo lad do when he discovers buried treasure worth over $500,000, just after he joins the Navy? Combine that problem with the discovery of a wrecked and abandoned high-technology aircraft -- would you try to fix it, or turn it in? He has just graduated and has to make the decision as to what direction he must go. Al has studied Russian and German and thinks that being a technical interpreter may be a good job in the Navy. He enlists the help of his Uncle Ben, a retired Navy helicopter pilot and medicine man with his Korean girlfriend, Mae Lee. Together with his mother, they decide to use some of the money to form a study group research teaching untrained Navajos to become wage earners in an area of high chronic unemployment—The Four Corners side of New Mexico. In a childhood of being a loner, he develops skill at being a leader with a massive curiosity. He loves his mother who raised him after his father abandoned them in poverty in a harsh land. Their project is joined by others who add wonderful ideas to the task. Al's knowledge of how to use the Internet to acquire requested information starts to expand the envelope. Al has learned gambling games such as craps and video poker on his computer with no money. He learns that it is different in the real world of Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Al Joe look for a hobby and finds that prospecting for rocks, minerals, historical artifacts and history can be exciting. Are the Anasazi the predecessors of the Navajo tribe? How did they come to the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah. Where did they go? What do the pictographs mean that are found in the castle-like ruins of Mesa Verde, Aztec, and Cholla parks? Al's team investigates possible future developments in housing, aerial fire fighting equipment, new power sources, gravity-based appliances, prospecting, treasure hunting and a different way to change forest lumber production. The Author (below) has spent thirty years working with these proud people and has spun this yarn hoping you will enjoy the romp.
Author : John Arbuthnot Fisher Baron Fisher
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Page : 398 pages
File Size : 12,99 MB
Release : 1952
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Author : Basil Hall
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 1862
Category : Sailors
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Author : Dennis Wheatley
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1448212944
Feb 1798 - 31 Dec 1799 'Had it not been for Zanthé there is little doubt that at the age of thirty-one Roger Brook would have died in Palestine.' Roger Brook, Prime Minister Pitt's most resourceful secret agent. Zanthé, exotic, loving and hating with equal intensity; daughter of the Sultan and beautiful. Napoleon's army; victorious in Egypt but trapped by Nelson's fleet, besieging Acre, ravaged by plague. At the heart of the French counsels – Roger Brook. A vital position for England. A deadly dangerous one for him.
Author : Lewis Falley Allen
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Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 15,39 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Cattle
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Author : Voltaire
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Page : 676 pages
File Size : 13,9 MB
Release : 1901
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