Inspiration and Source Material
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Source material & further reading
- Corsari Nel Mediterraneo - Salvatore Bono (Milan 1993)
- The Berbers - Michael Brett & Elizabeth Fentress (Oxford 1996)
- Nine Parts of Desire - Geraldine Brooks (London 1994)
- The Crescent and the Rose - Samuel C Chew (New York 1937)
- Les Corsaires de Salé - Roger Coindreau (Institut des Hautes Études Marocaines 1948)
- The Barbary Slaves - Stephen Clissold (London 1977)
- Captives - Linda Colley
- The Pirate Wars - Peter Earle (London 2003)
- The Lands of Barbary - Geoffrey Furlong (London 1966)
- The Tragical Life & Death of Muley Abdalla Melek - John Harrison (London 1627)
- The Sermons of Christopher Love (internet sources)
- Piracy, Slavery and Redemption - ed. Nabil Matar (New York 2001)
- Islam in Britain - Nabil Matar (Cambridge 1998)
- White Gold - Giles Milton (London 2004)
- The Embroideries of North Africa - Caroline Stone (London 1985)
- 'Ward the Pirate Abdal-Hakim Musad' (internet article 2003)
- Infidels - Andrew Wheatcroft (London 2003)