TEN YEARS A SLAVE: The Remarkable Voyage and Captivity of Richard Haselton

In 1582, ordinary English sailor Richard Haselton set sail on a routine merchant voyage. He would not see his wife and children again for a decade. Captured by Turkish galleys, sold into slavery for sixty-six pistols, and chained to an oar for four brutal years, Haselton survived shipwreck, starvation, and the merciless Mediterranean sun — only to fall into the hands of the Spanish Inquisition.

Ten Years a Slave: The Remarkable Voyage and Captivity of Richard Haselton is one of the most extraordinary survival stories of the Elizabethan age. Refusing again and again to renounce his Protestant faith — even when offered wealth, land, and freedom by a North African king — Haselton escaped four times across two empires. Based on the rare 1595 pamphlet written by Haselton himself, this modern retelling brings a gripping account of faith, endurance, and the unbreakable human spirit to life. One man. Ten years. Four escapes. An unforgettable true story.