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Sword And The Scimitar
David Ball
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Description for Sword And The Scimitar
Paperback. From the cruelty of the slave markets of Algiers to the majesty of Topkapi, the sultan's seraglio in Istanbul, to the convent of the noble Knights of St John in Malta, this is a novel of the timeless struggle between the religions and cultures of the east and west. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 540.
Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers. Taken to Algiers to be the personal slave of a wealthy merchant, he becomes a pawn in household politics and sets out to escape. Extraordinary events lead him to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottomans. Stranded alone on Malta, Maria must learn to survive helped only by a group of Jewish refugees. A sweeping historical epic set against the backdrop of the desperate conflict between Christian Europe and the Islamic Ottoman Empire, The Sword and the Scimitar vividly ... Read more
Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers. Taken to Algiers to be the personal slave of a wealthy merchant, he becomes a pawn in household politics and sets out to escape. Extraordinary events lead him to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottomans. Stranded alone on Malta, Maria must learn to survive helped only by a group of Jewish refugees. A sweeping historical epic set against the backdrop of the desperate conflict between Christian Europe and the Islamic Ottoman Empire, The Sword and the Scimitar vividly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099457954
SKU
V9780099457954
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-35
About David Ball
David Ball lives in the Rockies with his wife, Melinda, and children, Ben and Li. The Sword and the Scimitar is his second novel.
Reviews for Sword And The Scimitar
...Ball has built an action-packed, often erotic and always sensual epic-adventure
Chicago Sun-Times
I couldn't put it down and thought about it for days
Jean M. Auel, bestselling author of the Earth's Children series
Boris Pasternak did it. So did James Clavell, James Michener and Jean Auel. Like them, Ball has built an action-packed, often ... Read more
Chicago Sun-Times
I couldn't put it down and thought about it for days
Jean M. Auel, bestselling author of the Earth's Children series
Boris Pasternak did it. So did James Clavell, James Michener and Jean Auel. Like them, Ball has built an action-packed, often ... Read more