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Texreader
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Almost the entire Irish village of Baltimore was taken captive by pirates in the early 1600s and sold as slaves in #Algeria. With little records about their lives as slaves, the author relies on a number of accounts by other slaves to try to describe what their lives could have been like. The author also posits a hypothesis that the taking was an elaborate plan of an evil mastermind who wanted to rid the coastal town of its inhabitants for his ⬇️

Texreader own reasons—and the hypothesis seems to make sense! I had heard about this historical event but I‘d never realized how many “northerners” from England, Iceland, etc were captured as slaves by Barbary pirates and not just sailors from captured boats, but hundreds of women and children. I also learned how the women may have had a better life as slaves than in the cold northern climes. Islam treated women more equally! A very interesting read for ⬇️ 2d
Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇮🇪 2d
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Teresereading We visited Baltimore in 2016, it‘s a fascinating story and one I hadn‘t heard before. Thanks for sharing. 2d
Butterfinger So interesting. 2d
tpixie Wow! Interesting part of history! 2d
Cuilin One of my favorite places. I grew up near there. #🩷Cork 2d
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Jess861
Corsair | Tim Severin
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Pickpick

This book is definitely a pick! A strong historical fiction book set in 1667 that follows a kidnapped Hector Lynch as he is sold into slavery. It is written well and about such an interesting time period. I learned a lot about this time from reading this book. Slaves seemed to be sold and captured everywhere and by everyone. Felt like Hector was a little too lucky at times but a great book. I'll definitely be continuing this series!

Jess861 @cuilin - Great historical fiction book to learn about Corsairs and Slavery during this time period! Thanks again for the #bookedintime prompt for this one! 3d
Cuilin ✔️ 🏴‍☠️ 🎉 3d
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Jess861
Corsair | Tim Severin
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I am really enjoying this book. I wasn't sure I would as I had it in my brain that it would be filled with too much gore (no reason why I had this in my head). But this book is just like many other historical fictions books I read with many accurate description and scenes of the time. 1600s are such an interesting part of history! It is well written and makes you want to keep reading. I'm hope to finish this weekend and really enjoying the author.

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Jess861
Corsair | Tim Severin
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A book, a blanket and a grilled cheese is how I'm going to spend a #hyggehour tonight. Need to escape to another time before the chaos of the week takes over. Not sure how many pages I'll read because I could fall asleep at any minute but I'm going to try amd get through the entire hour.

#HyggeHourReadathon @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @AllDebooks

Aims42 Grilled cheeses and PB&J‘s are still my dinner go-tos 😋 1w
Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1w
AllDebooks ❤️ 1w
Jess861 @Aims42 So good - I could eat grilled cheese for every meal and be perfectly fine with it! 1w
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Texreader
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I‘ve long wanted to read about the Irish taken into slavery in the Islamic world. So this book is perfect for #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇮🇪 1w
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Jess861
Corsair | Tim Severin
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Continuing this read while the car is in for an oil change. Nice little morning break from work! I'm enjoying it so far but I'm not that far in yet. Won't get it finished today for #bookedintime but I'm glad I was led to this book by the prompt!

@Cuilin

Cuilin How amazing, I read The Brendan Voyage by Severin years ago. This also seems a good choice for September‘s prompt 2w
LeeRHarry @Cuilin I read this this month, definitely enjoyed it and will be continuing the series. 2w
Jess861 @Cuilin Thank you for the suggestion - I just might have to pick that book up for September! 2w
Jess861 @LeeRHarry Good to know - I'm about 100 pages in and I like it so far. 2w
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Danay
With Every Letter | Sarah Sundin
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Something has been wrong with this app for a few days. Nothing was coming up when I opened it. I finally had time to mess with with a minute. I reloaded it and it‘s better now. So I‘m posting a few books in a row that I have read recently This is a sweet little book. First in a series, Christian based and a little cheesy. But sometimes my weary mind needs that.

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Tamra
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At my husband‘s suggestion after talking about quiet fiction…..I‘m going to start this one.

It‘s a crying shame lilacs wilt so quickly after cutting because the fragrance is divine.

Aimeesue I spent two weeks going out back (with the dogs, so I didn‘t look weird) and hanging out by my tiny lilac bushes so I could huff the blooms. 😂 They‘re tiny and this was the first year any of them bloomed - I was thrilled! They‘re gone too fast. 10mo
LeahBergen I love lilacs! Ours have yet to bloom in my part of the world. 10mo
Ruthiella I found this book to be a weird one. I look forward to your thoughts! 10mo
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Tamra @Aimeesue nothing weird at all about huffing lilacs IMO. 😆 10mo
Tamra @LeahBergen wishing you fragrant blooms soon! Spring in the north is so unreliable. Not my favorite season, but I take anything I can get. (edited) 10mo
Tamra @Ruthiella let‘s see how far I get.🤞🏾 (edited) 10mo
Cathythoughts Now that the lilacs are in bloom. She has a bowl of lilacs in her room 🥰 10mo
sarahbarnes Lilacs are my favorite flower. I agree with you. 10mo
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SilversReviews
The Sea Gate | Jane Johnson
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#SUMMERSPECIAL
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

PROMPT: COUSINS' DAY

HISTORICAL FICTION - ROMANCE - WWII

Who is cousin Olivia? Rebecca remembered visiting her a few times when she was a child.

Finding letters from cousin Olivia addressed to her mother pleading for help had Rebecca on her way to Olivia‘s house.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4487pfca

Eggs Perfect 🤩 2y
SilversReviews @Eggs Have you read her book THE TENTH GIFT? It is very good too. 2y
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