The Kings of Algiers : : How Two Jewish Families Shaped the Mediterranean World during the Napoleonic Wars and Beyond / / Julie Kalman.

• VerfasserIn: Kalman, Julie,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; 2023
• Udgivelsesår: 2023
• Sprog: English
• Fysisk beskrivelse: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 1 b/w illus.

A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and AmericaAt the height of the Napoleonic Wars, the Bacri brothers and their nephew, Naphtali Busnach, were perhaps the most notorious Jews in the Medit...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. The Rise of the Bacris
• 2. War Comes to the Regency
• 3. "Assassination of the King of the Jews" (Long Live the King)
• 4. Difficult Relationships
• 5. Diplomacy, New and Old
• 6. Invasion
• Conclusion
• References
• Index