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1	White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist The true story of white European slaves in 18th century Algiers, Tunis, and Morocco draws from unpublished letters and manuscripts written by slaves and by the padres and ambassadors sent to free them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.45! \| first editions
2	Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventure of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist This "rousing, historical romp" ("The New York Times Book Review") introducesreaders to Run, a tiny island in the middle of an Indonesian archipelago--andthe fierce spice wars that surrounded it. NPR sponsorship. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922, the Destruction of a Christian City in the Islamic World more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist On Saturday, September 9, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. The citys vast wealth created centuries earlier by powerful Levantine dynasties, its factories teemed with Greeks, Armenians, Turks, and Jews. Together, they had created a majority Christian city that was ... see all copies from $7.46! new only from $7.70! \| first editions
4	Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist This pre-colonial-period history explores the fate of a group of over 100 colonists who were sent by Queen Elizabeth I to live in the New World in 1857--under the governorship of Manteo, a Native American who had been brought to England as a specimen and who fascinated and impressed the Queen. The colonists disappeared--to the dismay of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
5	Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist The story of an early-17th-century English adventurer who, after having been marooned in Japan, gained the confidence of the Shogun court and was instrumental in fostering trade and cultural relations between Japan and the West. Historian Gile Morton recreates the world of the court and the clash of cultures brought on by the arrival of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist Milton's first book, "The Riddle and the Knight", is part travelogue, part historical mystery, and a fascinating account of the legend of Sir John Mandeville, a long-forgotten knight who was once the most famous writer in medieval Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist In October 1916, Nathaniel Courthope and his team sailed to the island of Run, Indonesia, where they fought the Dutch for several years. Following Courthope's murder, a deal ensued which would have extraordinary consequences: the British gave up the island's lucrative nutmeg harvest to the Dutch in exchange for the island of Manhattan. An ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.60! \| first editions
8	Nathaniel's nutmeg : how one man's courage changed the course of history more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg, a fabulously valuable spice in Europe. This infuriated the Dutch, who were determined to control the world's nutmeg supply. For five years ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist In 1322 Sir John Mandeville left England on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Thirty-four years later, he returned, claiming to have visited not only Jerusalem, but India, China, Java, Sumatra and Borneo as well. His book about that voyage, THE TRAVELS, was heralded as the most important book of the Middle Ages as Mandeville claimed his voyage proved it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	White Gold more books like this by Giles Milton, Tim Pigott-Smith (Read by) add to wishlist In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and fifty-two of his comrades were captured at sea by the Barbary corsairs. Their captors - fanatical Islamic slave traders - had declared war on the whole of Christendom. Thousands of Europeans had been snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $6.82! \| first editions
11 view cover	Big chief Elizabeth : how England's adventurers gambled and won the New World more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of North American Indians had made her their weroanza - 'big chief'. The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favourite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, whose tattooed face had enthralled Elizabethan ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Edward Trencom's Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue and Cheese more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist Situated on London's Foster Lane, there is a quintessentially Georgian, redbrick house with a green door bearing the sign trencoms, 1662. It's the home of the Trencom family's cheese store, a generational establishment begun by Humphrey Trencom that now, 303 years later, is run by Edward Trencom. Quaint though it may seem, it bears witness to a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.83! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Edward Trencom's Nose more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist Edward Trencom has bumbled through life, relying on his trusty nose to turn the family cheese shop into the most celebrated fromagerie in England. But his world is turned upside down when he stumbles across a crate of family papers. To his horror, Edward discovers that nine previous generations have come to sticky ends because of their noses. When ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.33! \| first editions
14	Nathaniel's Nutmeg more books like this by Giles Milton add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $22.88! \| first editions
15 view cover	Samurai William: the Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan by Giles Milton add to wishlist In 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of ships bound for Asia, and he had washed up in the forbidden land of Japan. The traders were even more amazed to learn that, rather than be horrified ... see all copies from $3.71! new only from $3.71! \| first editions
16 view cover	Week the World Forgot, the by Giles Milton add to wishlist On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions. ... see all copies from $12.29! new only from $28.26!
17	Big Chief Elizabeth more books like this by Giles Milton, Richard Heffer (Read by) add to wishlist By the author of the best-selling Nathaniel's Nutmeg. In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans had made her their "Weroanza" - Big Chief. The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favorite, Sir Walter Raleigh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo ... see all copies from $1.99! SVS
18	Focus on Louis Thiers : a photographer's view of Kenosha more books like this by Diane M. Giles, Louis Milton Thiers, Beverly Brandl McCumber, Dane F. Pollei, Kenosha County Historical Society and Museum. Thiers Collection add to wishlist see all copies from $5.75! first editions
19	Samurai William: the Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan by Giles Milton add to wishlist see all copies from $19.66!
20 view cover	Call Me Gorgeous! more books like this by Giles Milton, Alexandra Milton (Illustrator) add to wishlist What kind of animal has a porcupine's spines and a crocodile's teeth; a flamingo's neck and a toucan's beak; a chameleon's tail and a rooster's feet? Has such a strange thing ever been seen? Fun and unique--like the fabulous beast it conjures up--"Call Me Gorgeous!" celebratesdiversity and the beautiful differences between all creatures. Its ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Zebedee's Zoo by Giles Milton add to wishlist The animals in Zebedee's Zoo may not seem a very lively bunch, but at the end of the day, everything changes ...suddenly it's party time at the animal park! Riotous animal fun abounds in this brilliant book that begs to be read aloud time and time again. see all copies from $15.39! new only from $15.39!
22	Samurai William : the adventurer who unlocked Japan by Giles Milton add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99!
23	Captifs En Barbarie by Milton Giles add to wishlist see all copies from $49.38! new only from $49.38!
24 view cover	Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance by Giles Milton add to wishlist On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions. ... see all copies from $29.61! new only from $29.61! \| first editions
25 view cover	La Nariz de Edward Trencom/ Edward Trencom's Nose by Giles Milton add to wishlist see all copies from $50.58! new only from $50.59!

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