Corsair Country: The Diary of a Journey Along the Barbary Coast by Xan Fielding lands on the shelves of my shop.
The Travel Book Club, 1959, Hardback in dust wrapper.
From the cover: Mr. Fielding started on his journey from Tangier to Tripoli determined to re-discover the harbours and towns of the Barbary Coast pirates, to find what was left of the descendants of those ruthless and inspired sailors who terrorized the maritime nations of Europe for three centuries. But as he travelled eastwards from Morocco to Algiers and Tunis and on to the beginnings of the Libyan desert he found himself turning over the stones of history more ancient than that of the Corsairs the history of Europes struggle with Africa, of the perennial Christian crusade against the monolithic intransigence of Islam.
Corsair Country is the chronicle of a modern travellers journey which became a voyage from which has sprung all that is distinctively Latin and Christian in our civilization.
Good+ in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn, faded and somewhat grubby overall. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.
Pale Blue boards with Black titling to the Spine. 232 pages. Index. 8″ x 5ΒΌ”.
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