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El presente estudio sobre William Kirkpatrick de Malaga viene a poner de manifiesto y dar a conocer, por vez primera, la figura y obra de un hombre verdaderamente excepcional, mencionado unicamente hasta ahora en las numerosas biografias de su famosa nieta la emperatriz Eugenia. Como consul de los Estados Unidos en Malaga entre 1800 y 1817, William Kirkpatrick paso por ser un firme defensor de la implicacion directa de la marina estadounidense en la lucha contra los corsarios de berberia. Nuevas fuentes historicas profundizan en su labor consular, sus empresas comerciales y sus importantes...

Captain James Carlin is a biography of a shadowy nineteenth-century British Confederate, James Carlin (1833 1921), who was among the most successful captains running the U.S. Navy s blockade of Southern ports during the Civil War. Written by his descendent Colin Carlin, Captain James Carlin ventures behind the scenes of this perilous trade that transported vital supplies to the Confederate forces.
An Englishman trained in the British merchant marine, Carlin was recruited into the U.S. Coastal and Geodetic Survey Department in 1856, spending four years charting the U.S. Atlantic seaboard....

This account of William Kirkpatrick of Malaga reveals for the first time a remarkable man only occasionally mentioned in the numerous biographies of his famous granddaughter, the Empress Eugenie. As United States Consul in Malaga between 1800 and 1817, William Kirkpatrick was a strong advocate of the US Navy's role in combating the Barbary Corsairs. His Consular work, business enterprises and extensive European and American connections are explored using new sources. These show that the Kirkpatricks of Dumfriesshire who settled in Spain in the 1730s were an enterprising family of...