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An epic novel of adventure in the grandest tradition of historical fiction, Empires of Sand takes us on a thrilling, unforgettable journey.As civilizations collide around two men, a battle for survival, for love, and for a destiny written in a desert's shifting sands.The year is 1870. Paris is under siege, and two boys, best friends and cousins, are swept from their life of privilege. A brutal killing forces Michel deVries — called Moussa — to flee to his mother's homeland in North Africa. A family disgrace forces Paul deVries to seek redemption in the French military.Ten years will pass before they come face-to-face again. Now Moussa has become a desert warrior and a beautiful woman's forbidden lover, while Paul leads an ill-fated French force into the Sahara. Against a breathtaking landscape of blazing sands and ancient mysteries, these two men face a struggle that will shatter lives across two continents — and force them to choose between separate dreams and shared blood....
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Empires of Sand, David W. Ball
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- Rok vydání
- 2001
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- Titul
- Empires of Sand
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- David W. Ball
- Vydavatel
- Dell Publishing
- Rok vydání
- 2001
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 770
- ISBN10
- 0440236681
- ISBN13
- 9780440236689
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletrie, Historické romány, Dobrodružství, Láska, Přátelství, Francie, Afrika, Paříž, Osud, Pouště, Maroko, Alžírsko, Sahara, Tuaregové
- Původní název
- Empires of sand
- Hodnocení
- 4 z 5
- Anotace
- An epic novel of adventure in the grandest tradition of historical fiction, Empires of Sand takes us on a thrilling, unforgettable journey.As civilizations collide around two men, a battle for survival, for love, and for a destiny written in a desert's shifting sands.The year is 1870. Paris is under siege, and two boys, best friends and cousins, are swept from their life of privilege. A brutal killing forces Michel deVries — called Moussa — to flee to his mother's homeland in North Africa. A family disgrace forces Paul deVries to seek redemption in the French military.Ten years will pass before they come face-to-face again. Now Moussa has become a desert warrior and a beautiful woman's forbidden lover, while Paul leads an ill-fated French force into the Sahara. Against a breathtaking landscape of blazing sands and ancient mysteries, these two men face a struggle that will shatter lives across two continents — and force them to choose between separate dreams and shared blood....