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"Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean exlores the early modern genre of European Barbary Coast captivity narratives from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Divided into four parts and offering a variety of both national and cultural vantage points, Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean addresses both the background from which captivity narratives were born and the narratives themselves. It is essential reading for scholars and students of early modem slavery and piracy"...