The Sword And The Scimitar by David Ball

Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. etina (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) Español (es). Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers. The Sword and the Scimitar by David Ball, Dec 18, 2003, Hutchinson edition, It looks like youre offline. The Sword and the Scimitar is his second novel. The Sword and the Scimitar by David Ball, August 5, 2004, Arrow Books Ltd edition, Paperback - New Ed edition The Sword and the Scimitar (Augedition) Open Library It looks like you're offline. These unforgettable characters find themselves caught up in the sweep of history as the Ottomans confront the Knights in the historic Siege of Malta, and the fate of Europe hangs in the balance. David Ball lives in the Rockies with his wife, Melinda, and children, Ben and Li. French aristocrat Christien de Vries yearns to prove himself as a surgeon in the Order of St John, to which he was pledged as an infant but joined only as a result of a life-altering oath.

She joins a group of Jews - forced by their Christian rulers to renounce their faith - who continue their rituals clandestinely. Maria, stranded in Malta with unsympathetic parents, makes her own plans to escape the island and find her brother. Extraordinary events lead him to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottomans.

Taken to Algiers to be the personal slave of a wealthy merchant, he becomes a pawn in household politics and sets out to escape. Maria, stranded in Malta with unsympathetic parents, makes her own plans to escape the island and find her brother. Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers.

The Sword And The Scimitar by David Ball