[GeronL]

RANSOM covers everything from the Barbary Pirates, Kashmir, Colombia, Iran (Hostage Crisis) to WACO. Its actually very interesting

[nopardons]

Sounds like a great read !

Actually, though, kidnapping and ransoming people, is quite old, indeed. King Richard the Lion Hearted, was captured , thrown into a prison of sorts, and ransomed, during the Crusades. You just might care to look into that as well. : - )