by Joan Mercader · Rafael Dalmau, Editor · ISBN 9788423205615
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«Domènec Badia “Ali Bey”» is the historical biography by Joan Mercader, published by Rafael Dalmau, Editor (64 pages, in Catalan).
The work follows the trajectory of Domènec Badia, the Catalan who adopted the identity of Ali Bey to travel through the Islamic world of the nineteenth century. Amid diplomatic intrigues and expeditions across North Africa and the Middle East, it reconstructs his adventures, his contacts with local authorities, and the legend he left behind.
It corresponds to number 68 of the collection Episodis de la història; original edition of 1965.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of Catalonia and in biographies of adventurers and spies of the nineteenth century.
