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White Gold

Written by: Giles Milton
Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
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 In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and 52 of his comrades were captured at sea by the Barbary corsairs. Their captors, fanatical Islamic slave traders, had declared war on the whole of Christendom. Thousands of Europeans had been snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of Algiers, Tunis and Sale in Morocco to be sold to the highest bidder.

White Gold is an extraordinary and shocking story. Drawn from unpublished letters and manuscripts written by slaves, and by the padres and ambassadors sent to free them, it reveals a disturbing and forgotten chapter of history, told with all the pace and verve of one of our finest historians.

©©2004 Giles Milton; (P)2005 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks Africa
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Having ventured into the audiobook with high expectations—buoyed by the evocative prose of the printed edition—I was met, not with satisfaction, but with a growing sense of loss. In the span of just the first 14 pages, which I read in tandem with the narration, I was dismayed to find that nearly 40% of the material—rich in nuance, subtle observation, and thematic layering—had been inexplicably excised.

What was presented in audio felt hollow, a ghostly echo of the original work. The omissions were not trivial; they stripped the narrative of its atmosphere and intention. Metaphors dissolved, dialogues were truncated, and insights that lent the story its gravitas were simply absent. The result was a version that felt hastened and diluted—more summary than story.

To those seeking to truly experience the author’s voice in its fullness, I must say: the audiobook, as it stands, is no faithful companion. The printed page holds the soul of the work. It is there, not in the airwaves, where the magic resides.

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