{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66e06a2d75bacb90ac4f8210/67bdbd81705bc6a565d9f0e5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Algiers,  Part Four: Pirates of Barbary with Adrian Tinniswood","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66e06a2d75bacb90ac4f8210/1740487947681-12b3f402-c5e1-4b1e-9124-2c32c3772504.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week is a very special episode, as I'll be interviewing the brilliant author Adrian Tinniswood all about the Pirates of Algiers and the 'Barbary states'.</p><p><br></p><p>Often dismissed as savage and cruel by renaissance and early modern Europeans, these 'pirates' were infinitely more complex and interesting than simplistic narratives would tell you.</p><p><br></p><p>Adrian's book Pirates Of Barbary shines a different light on the culture and motivations of those people who decided to sail under the flag of Algiers.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow me at algeria_searching_for on instagram or Searchingforalgeria@gmail.com!</p>","author_name":"E. Sedgwick"}