Название: Tangier: The Earliest Battle Honour
Автор: John Hawkins
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399073060
Год: 2024
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 266
Размер: 15,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
Explore Tangier's occupation through vivid characters and unravel the complexities of colonial aspirations, deceit, corruption, and international influences in this historical narrative. In 1661 Portugal ceded Tangier to Charles II as part of Catherine of Braganza’s dowry settlement. Thus started the adventure known as ‘English Tangier’ whereby the Stuart monarch spent a king’s ransom defending a city perched precariously on the North African coast surrounded by hostile powers.