Episode 37: Algiers

In the late 1820s, Napoleonic intrigues and a brutal assault by flyswatter combined to turn French attention across the Mediterranean to the Ottoman Regency of Algiers. Join Prof. Ashley Sanders to explore the cosmopolitan world of Ottoman Algeria that the Bourbon Restoration faced under Charles X. Pledge as little as $1 per month on Patreon to receive an ad-free feed of the show. Visit thesiecle.com/episode37 for a full transcript of this episode. The Siècle is part of the Evergreen Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices