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Sword And The Scimitar
  • Published: 1 November 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099457954
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $29.99

Sword And The Scimitar



A powerful historical saga about the timeless struggle between the cultures and religions of the Eastern and Western worlds. Perfect for fans of epic historical novelists like James Clavell.

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 portrays an irresistible and fast-moving world of adventure, war, treachery and love.

  • Published: 1 November 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099457954
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

David Ball

David Ball has lived and worked in various parts of Africa. A former pilot, sarcophagus maker, and businessman, David has driven a taxi in New York City and built a road in West Africa. He installed telecommunicatiosn equipment in Cameroun and explored the Andes in a Volkswagen bus. He has renovated old Victorian houses in Denver and pumped gasoline in the Grand Tetons.

He has an MA in Journalism from Columbia University and enjoys skiing, fishing, baseball, and opera.

David lives with his wife, Melinda, and their children, Ben and Li, on a farm east of Boulder, Colorado. Two horses and a dog round out the menagerie.

Praise 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 erotic and always sensual epic adventure

Chicago Sun Times