A J Lewis
Why Ottoman Algiers?
Charles Marlow, a recurring character in Joseph Conrad’s fiction, once referred to “the blank spaces on the map.” I have always been...
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A J Lewis
- May 10, 2020
- 4 min
Fear and Atmosphere
The writing of a work of fiction requires a good deal of patience. Other factors are involved, but patience is a virtue that might be...
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A J Lewis
- May 5, 2020
- 8 min
Muhammad Amalfi's Education and the Enlightenment
Muhammad’s Education and the Enlightenment Before drifting out to sea and being carried away to Algiers by the Dey’s corsairs, Muhammad,...
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A J Lewis
- May 3, 2020
- 4 min
British Newspaper Archive
One of the sources I’ve made use of in writing the Muhammad Amalfi Mysteries is the British Newspaper Archives, found at...
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A J Lewis
- Apr 30, 2020
- 6 min
Jean Bon St. Andre
As historical novels, the Muhammad Amalfi Mysteries follow, however loosely, the events that shaped the Mediterranean world in the final...
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A J Lewis
- Apr 27, 2020
- 7 min
First Impressions... from the Sea
The setting for The Muhammad Amalfi Mysteries is Algiers in the final decades of the Ottoman Regency. Like Camus who yearned for a...
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A J Lewis
- Mar 25, 2018
- 4 min
Charles Mace
Charles Mace and his wife figure significantly in several of the novels, and was in fact the British Consul General in Algiers for...
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A J Lewis
- Mar 17, 2018
- 3 min
A Note About the History in the Series
I Am Not a Historian. Not at all. But I’ve always loved to read about the past, whether in works of history, biography, fiction, and even...
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A J Lewis
- Mar 16, 2018
- 6 min
A Bibliography
In preparing the ground, so to speak, for these stories, I have collected a library of sorts, some in hard and soft cover, some in pdf...
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A J Lewis
- Mar 16, 2018
- 4 min
The Corsairs of Algiers
Corsairs commissioned by the Dey of Algiers were known in Europe and around the world as the Barbary Pirates, when in fact they were...
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