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Pirates, shipwreck and slavery - these are the key themes in this story of an Englishman who spent 14 years of his life in captivity in Madagascar. Although Robert Drury wrote a book about his adventures in 1729, it has long been out of print. This book aims to track down the truth of his story.
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Pirates, shipwreck and slavery - these are the key themes in this story of a young Englishman who spent 14 years of his life in captivity in Madagascar. This tale has been more or less lost to sight for centuries, for, although the shipwrecked sailor in question, Robert Drury, wrote a book about his adventures in 1729, it has long been out of print. Parker Pearson and Godden have explored the world of Southern Madagascar in order to track down the truth of his story. At one level, this book is a real-life adventure story with a strong maritime theme; at another, it is a wholly new insight into life on Madagascar and the Tandroy people; and, on yet another level, it is a story of the reality of modern archaeology and anthropology - hard, dirty and frustrating.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. In Search of the Red Slave: Shipwreck and Captivity in Madagascar This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780750929387
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IN SEARCH OF THE RED SLAVE: SHIPWRECK AND CAPTIVITY IN MADAGASCAR
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(Subject: Other Topics - Diverse Subjects) Inspired by Robert Drury's Journal of Captivity on the island which the author became aware of during an archeological investigation into burial customs. The resulting unravelling of a 270 year old literary puzzle involves pirates, shipwrecks and slavery, and new insights into life on Madagascar and the Tandroy people. (Published: 2002) (Publisher: Sutton Publishing) (ISBN: 0750929383) (Pagination: 217pp ills) (Condition: new in dw) UL-XXXXXX. Seller Inventory # 32479-01
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In Search of the Red Slave: Shipwreck & Captivity in Madagascar
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing in very clean condition black cloth covered boards with gilt titling to spine. Text pages, illustrations and eps all fine with no inscriptions. D/J is unclipped with no major damages. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging. Seller Inventory # 006969
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In Search of the Red Slave: Shipwreck & Captivity in Madagascar
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In Search of the Red Slave: Shipwreck & Captivity in Madagascar
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Published in 1729, Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal, during Fifteen Years Captivity on that Island, describes the adventures of Robert Drury, an English sailor who was shipwrecked off the coast of Madagascar while still a teenager. After witnessing the massacre of his shipmates, he spent the next fourteen years living as a slave and fighting alongside the islanders in a world of enemy princes and raging civil wars. Rescued by an English ship at the age of twenty-nine, he returned to London but then made an extraordinary decision. He went back to Madagascar as a slave trader. Nearly 300 years later, Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeologist investigating the unique burial customs of Madagascar's Tandroy people, came across Drury's journal, and became hopeful that it would turn out to be a useful historical source, which might assist him with his investigations. Previously believed to be a hoax written by the novelist Daniel Defoe, the journal could have proved useless to Parker Pearson's research. However, he headed for Madagascar, with a team of archaeologists and the journal, in order to understand more about the Tandroy people and to attempt to uncover the truth behind Drury's story. DJ. 224 pages. Seller Inventory # 1494309
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