A review by nimeneth
Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean by Adrian Tinniswood

3.0

2.5 stars. I agree with the other reviews that say this under-delivered an Anglocentric view of history (but what else is new). The author clearly did his research to get a lot of first-hand accounts packed in, but I went into this book expecting more info coming from the pirates themselves, or at least the governments supporting/supported by the pirates, but there was a disappointing lack of non-white, non-merchant interests.