Tangier - 1680: The diary of Sir James Halkett

By James Halkett

Book Overview

Tangier, 1680: a frontier town at the edge of empire, where heat, rumours, orders, and gunpowder shape every day. The walls still hold secrets. In this unabridged historical diary, Sir James Halkett records life inside the British Tangier garrison with the immediacy of a seventeenth-century journal and the candour of a first-person historical memoir. Read as Restoration travel writing and as on-the-ground reporting, it opens a rare window onto Morocco colonial history and the practical realities of North Africa military life: routines, anxieties, logistics, discipline, and the constant negotiation between a European outpost and its North African setting. For readers drawn to Tangier Morocco 1680 and the wider story of 1680s North Africa, Halkett offers a voice close to events, rich in detail and alive to consequence. Historically, this diary stands where personal narrative meets official history: a usable, human record for military history researchers, and an absorbing companion for Samuel Pepys diary readers who prize daily observation over grand speeches. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As an annotated diary edition, it is equally at home on a classic history shelf or in the hands of anyone who wants the texture of a single year lived under strain, duty, and distance from home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353706440
• ISBN13: 9789353706449
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"