White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

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Giles Milton Roland Philipps

White Gold

The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

Giles Milton, Roland Philipps

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Hodder & Stoughton
09 June 2005

Biography; Slavery & abolition of slavery

This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale.

Using the firsthand testimony of a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow, Giles Milton vividly reconstructs a disturbing, little known chapter of history. Pellow was bought by the tyrannical sultan of Morocco who was constructing an imperial pleasure palace of enormous scale and grandeur, built entirely by Christian slave labour. As his personal slave, he would witness first-hand the barbaric splendour of he imperial court, as well as experience the daily terror of a cruel regime.

Gripping, immaculately researched, and brilliantly realised, WHITE GOLD reveals an explosive chapter of popular history, told with all the pace and verve of one of our finest historians.

By: Giles Milton
Edited by: Roland Philipps
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 256g
ISBN: 9780340794708
ISBN 10: 0340794704
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 09 June 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Giles Milton is a writer and journalist. He has contributed articles for most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications and specialises in the history of travel and exploration. In the course of his researches, he has travelled extensively in Europe and the Middle East.

Reviews for White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

Giles Milton has a gift for searching out odd and forgotten corners of history and turning them into bestselling books... this is not a dry history, but a full-blooded narrative closer in style to a historical novel than to an academic study. - William Palmer Literary Review Milton's story could scarcely be more action-packed, and its setting and subsidiary characters are as fantastic as its events. - The Sunday Times An extraordinary story which few people will be at all familiar with... an exciting and sensational account of a really swash-buckling historical episode - Philip Hensher, Spectator Giles Milton's narrative races along as he stitches together a story of heroism, sacrifice and misplaced zeal, painstakingly researched from contemporary writing and records - Observer Giles Milton... has crafted an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining - The Times