Stanley Lane-Poole

The Moors in Spain


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“The history of Spain offers us a melancholy contrast. Twelve hundred years ago, Tarik the Moor added the land of the Visigoths to the long …

The Story of the Barbary Corsairs


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A history of the pirating activities along and around the "Barbary coast" between the 15th and 19th centuries, from the time of th…

Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 02


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This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

The Story of the Barbary Corsairs (Version 2)


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The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from…

The Story of Cairo


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Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza located at its outskirts, the city as we know it today dates back on…