num_pages: 246
description: The fourth novel in Tariq Ali's Islam Quintet charts the life and loves of the medieval cartographer Muhammed al-Idrisi. Torn between his close friendship with the sultan and his friends who are leaving the island or plotting a resistance to Norman rule, Idrisi finds temporary solace in the harem; but his conscience is troubled...A Sultan in Palermo is a mythic novel in which pride, greed, and lust intermingle with resistance and greatness. It echoes a past that can still be heard today.
language: English
title: A Sultan in Palermo
titlecomplete: A Sultan in Palermo (Islam Quintet, #4)
characters: Muhammad al-Idrisi
genres: Historical, Cultural, Islam, Religion, Italy, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Pakistan
ratings_count: 681
places: Sicily, Palermo, Sicily
series: Islam Quintet
publisher: Verso