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The Corsair

Af: Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud Engelsk Paperback

The Corsair

Af: Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud Engelsk Paperback
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It''s the early part of the nineteenth century and the Arabian Peninsula and the waters surrounding it are ablaze. Piracy in the Gulf threatens global maritime trade routes while the Wahabbi strain of Islam is conquering followers town by town across the region. Britain, eager to reinforce its presence in the Middle East and protect the East India Company''s ships, has a plan: send a man-of-war from England to quash the pirates while persuading Egypt to join an international alliance with Oman and Persia to fight the Wahabbis. At the center of it all lies a priceless Indian sword, a gift from the British monarch to the Egyptian Pasha. But Erhama bin Jaber, a historical figure and one of the most notorious pirates in the Gulf, has his own agenda and his own vendettas. When the Arabian corsair and his gang attack a ship carrying the sword, Britain''s complex strategy goes terribly awry. As the pirates and British officials shuttle between ports throughout the region, plans and alliances are made and unmade as quickly as a rainstorm in the desert. In a grueling trudge across Arabia, an unlikely friendship is forged between Erhama''s rebellious son and a British army major. This story of high-seas piracy and political intrigue, of unexpected kinship and personal betrayal, portrays the conflicting interests and human drama of these historic events in the Arabian Peninsula.
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It''s the early part of the nineteenth century and the Arabian Peninsula and the waters surrounding it are ablaze. Piracy in the Gulf threatens global maritime trade routes while the Wahabbi strain of Islam is conquering followers town by town across the region. Britain, eager to reinforce its presence in the Middle East and protect the East India Company''s ships, has a plan: send a man-of-war from England to quash the pirates while persuading Egypt to join an international alliance with Oman and Persia to fight the Wahabbis. At the center of it all lies a priceless Indian sword, a gift from the British monarch to the Egyptian Pasha. But Erhama bin Jaber, a historical figure and one of the most notorious pirates in the Gulf, has his own agenda and his own vendettas. When the Arabian corsair and his gang attack a ship carrying the sword, Britain''s complex strategy goes terribly awry. As the pirates and British officials shuttle between ports throughout the region, plans and alliances are made and unmade as quickly as a rainstorm in the desert. In a grueling trudge across Arabia, an unlikely friendship is forged between Erhama''s rebellious son and a British army major. This story of high-seas piracy and political intrigue, of unexpected kinship and personal betrayal, portrays the conflicting interests and human drama of these historic events in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 318
ISBN-13: 9789992194720
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 9992194723
Kategori: Oversat skønlitteratur
Udg. Dato: 17 jan 2013
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 200mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
Oplagsdato: 17 jan 2013
Forfatter(e): Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud
Forfatter(e) Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud

Kategori Oversat skønlitteratur

ISBN-13 9789992194720

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 318

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 200mm

Højde 130mm

Udg. Dato 17 jan 2013

Oplagsdato 17 jan 2013

Forlag Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press