The last corsairs of Malta
Subtitle: an incredible true story
By: Thomas Freller
Publisher: Midsea Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Sta Venera, Malta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9789993271468
Description: "Stranded for two years on an uninhabited island, sailing on Maltese corsair ships, surviving the hardships of slavery in Algiers and a hazardous flight, fighting in and twice deserting from the Venetian navy, enslaved by a Turkish merchant in Albania, a witness of the French occupation of Corfu, fighting the French, enslaved once again by Albanians - is this too much fantasy for a true story? Not in this particular case. In fact all this happened to the Austrian Leonhard Eisenschmied in the last decades of the eighteenth century. The present author has critically examined the reports of this adventurer and found as long as the archives and available documents allowed it that nearly everything Eisenschmied reported is true. Most events in his reports could be confirmed by factual evidence."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180).