The Story of the Barbary Corsairs: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story of the Barbary Corsairs, credited to Stanley Lane-Poole; J. D. Jerrold Kelley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole; J. D. Jerrold Kelley. Read in English by Eric Evans; Kristine Bekere; Hudbus; Aaron Bennett; Brent "Buddha" George; Theoden Humphrey; pattymarie; Beth Blakely; KevinS; Greg Giordano; Lee The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa. The most famous (or infamous) was Barbarossa. Here Kelley and Lane-Poole give us an unromanticized look at these villains of the seas. The work includes the rise of the Knights Templar and the colonization of Africa by England and France.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
• Author credits: Stanley Lane-Poole; J. D. Jerrold Kelley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 6:30:25

Catalogue topics

• pirates
• ottoman empire

Track guide

1. 01 - The Revenge of the Moors — 12:29
2. 02 - The Land of the Corsairs — 20:18
3. 03 - Uruj Barbarossa 1504-1515 — 13:59
4. 04 - The Taking of Algiers 1516-1518 — 10:55
5. 05 - Kheyr-Ed-Din Barbarossa 1518-1530 — 11:43
6. 06 - The Ottoman Navy 1470-1522 — 13:47
7. 07 - Doria and Barbarossa — 8:08
8. 08 - Tunis Taken and Lost 1534-1535 — 10:09
9. 09 - The Sea-Fight off Prevesa 1537 — 12:29
10. 10 - Barbarossa in France 1539-1546 — 6:31
11. 11 - Charles at Algiers 1541 — 16:08
12. 12 - Dragut Reis 1543-1560 — 20:38
13. 13 - The Knights of Malta 1565 — 24:52
14. 14 - Lepanto 1571 — 22:26
15. 15 - The General of the Galleys 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries — 22:30
16. 16 - Galleys and Galley Slaves 16th Century — 37:32
17. 17 - The Triumph of Sails 17th Century — 15:45
18. 18 - The Redemption of Captives 17th and 18th Centuries — 21:42
19. 19 - The Abasement of Europe 16th-18th Centuries — 27:09
20. 20 - The United States and Tripoli 1803-1805 — 25:50
21. 21 - The Battle of Algiers 1816 — 15:18
22. 22 - The French in Africa 1830-1881 — 20:07

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