Pearls, Arms and Hashish; Pages From the Life of a Red Sea Navigator, Henri De Monfried
- 422 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Henry de Monfreid was a French adventurer and author whose work draws heavily from his personal experiences along the Red Sea and the coast of the Horn of Africa. He navigated these exotic regions with remarkable courage, often operating on the fringes of legality, witnessing and participating in thrilling events. His writings are characterized by a raw authenticity and an immersive atmosphere that transports readers into the world of smugglers, perilous voyages, and encounters with naval patrols. Through his prose, he shares a fascination with remote cultures and the unforgiving beauty of wild coastlines.
Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs.