Pearls Arms & Hashish

ISBN-13: 9780710312020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 256 str.

Henri De Monfried

Opis

Henri de Monfried, the inspiration for the swashbuckling gunrunner in the Adventures of Tintin, recounts how he became a collector and merchant of the fabled gulf pearls, and his involvement in the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, and drug smuggling.

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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)