1st Edition
Pearl, Arms and Hashish Pages from the Life of the Red Sea Navigator
By Henri De Monfried
Copyright 2006
412 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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Nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, Henri de Monfried lived by his own account 'a rich, restless, magnificent life' as one of the great travellers of his or any age. Infamous as well as famous, his name is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century.... Read more
FOREWORD: The Legend and the Man I. Boyhood on the Cape II. Rain III. Abyssinia Mektoub IV. Return to the Sea V. Diplomacy and Pearls VI. Pearls and Intelligence VII. The Honorable Arms Trade The VIII. A Trade Less Honorable: Somali Slaves Coast IX. Pirates and Coast-Guards: An Eventful First Venture X. Little Wars and Big; Prison XI. Piraeu8, Djibouti, Sues XII. Hashish XIII. The Last Adventure in Pearls XIV. Running the Blockade XV. Phantom Ships XVI. Son-of-the-Sea XVII. The Route to India XVIII. Fighting the Drug-Ring: the Great Charas XIX. The Great Charas (concluded)
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Henri De Monfried
