This book reveals a disturbing and long forgotten chapter of history. In 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and 51 comrades were captured at sea by the Barbary corsairs. Their captors--a network of Muslim slave traders--had declared war on Christendom. Thousands had been snatched from the
Burning Rubber- The Extraordinary Story of Formula One
โ Scribed by Jennings, Charles
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 379 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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