The Sword and the Scimitar

David Ball

Hardback (18 Dec 2003)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers and taken to Algiers to be the slave of a wealthy merchant. Maria makes plans to leave Malta and find her brother. This is a story of the timeless struggle between the religions and cultures of east and west.

About the Publisher

Hutchinson

Founded in 1887 by George Hutchinson with capital of three thousand pounds, Hutchinson opened for business in the basement of 25 Paternostor Row, near St Paul's Cathedral. It is the home of fiction that you have to press into the hands of your friends and non-fiction that is entertaining and erudite. We publish bestsellers, Helen Dunmore, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Douglas Kennedy and Ruth Rendell, book club favourites, Aimee Bender, Anna Quindlen. We are committed to discovering new talent that combine a distinctive voice with great storytelling skills and recent acquisitions include Bonnie Nadzam, longlisted for the Women's Prize, New York Times bestsellers, Sloane Crosley, Ayana Mathis, Marisha Pessl and Amor Towles.

Book information

ISBN:	9780091799410
Publisher:	Hutchinson
Imprint:	Hutchinson
Pub date:	18 Dec 2003
DEWEY:	813.54
DEWEY edition:	22
Number of pages:	670
Weight:	1010g
Height:	236mm
Width:	156mm