CONTENTS

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Introductory[1]
CHAPTER I
The Crescent and the Cross[13]
CHAPTER II
The Coming of the Corsairs[28]
CHAPTER III
Uruj Barbarossa[43]
CHAPTER IV
The Death of Uruj Barbarossa[59]
CHAPTER V
Kheyr-ed-din Barbarossa[75]
CHAPTER VI
The Taking of the Peñon d’Alger; Andrea Doria[91]
CHAPTER VII
The Apotheosis of the Corsair King[107]
xiiCHAPTER VIII
The Raid on the Coast of Italy; Julia Gonzaga[123]
CHAPTER IX

Barcelona, May 1535; the Gathering of theChristian Hosts

[139]
CHAPTER X
The Fall of Tunis and the Flight of Barbarossa[155]
CHAPTER XI
Roxalana and the Murder of Ibrahim[172]
CHAPTER XII
The Prevesa Campaign; the Gathering of theFleets[189]
CHAPTER XIII
The Battle of Prevesa[205]
CHAPTER XIV

The Navy of Oars; the Galley, the Galeasse,And the Nef

[221]
CHAPTER XV
Dragut-Reis[238]
CHAPTER XVI
Dragut-Reis[254]

CHAPTER XVII
Dragut-Reis[269]
CHAPTER XVIII
The Knights of St. John[286]
CHAPTER XIX
Dragut-Reis[306]
CHAPTER XX
The Siege of Malta[324]
CHAPTER XXI
Ali Basha[344]
CHAPTER XXII
Lepanto[362]
Authorities Consulted[383]

List of the Kings of England, France, Spain,Sultans of Turkey, Popes of Rome, and GrandMasters of Malta from 1492 to 1580

[385]

Distances in Sea Miles on the Coast of NorthernAfrica

[387]
Index[389]