Publisher's Synopsis
During the age of Napoleon and Lord Nelson, Thomas Jefferson sanctioned a covert operation to stop the Barbary Pirates of North Africa, who were capturing American ships and selling the passengers into slavery. In a compelling historical narrative Zacks recreates the mission of William Eaton, sent to overthrow the government of Tripoli in 1805: Eaton was recalled at the last moment by a Jefferson wary of intermeddling in a foreign government', but the American continued, recruiting a band of mercenaries and capturing Tripoli's second largest city.'
