Tuesday 23 April 2013

The Barbarossa Brothers and the Pirates of the Mediterranean



Title:  The Barbarossa Brothers and the Pirates of the Mediterranean
Author: John Malam
Genre:  Informational, 
Reading Age: 10+ Years
ISBN:  978 1 84835 8047

Check out the contents page to decide on 'Pirate Attack, Galley Slaves or even 'The Captain who changed sides!'.  This is a book full of pictures, maps and a few interesting facts.  See if you can find out what Barbarossa means!

There are a few interesting words in this book like ... turbans, papal, plundered, merchant and reis.  Finding out their meaning is easily solved by looking in the glossary at back of the book.

This is a book for the blood thirsty who love the thought of breaking all the rules to win the treasure!


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