Empires of sand
By: David Ball
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 770
ISBN-13: 9780440236689
Description: A French balloonist crashes in the Sahara and returns to France with a Tuareg princess for a wife. They have a son, Moussa, who spends his childhood playing with Paul, his cousin. As men, the cousins meet on the battlefield in the desert, Moussa defending the Tuaregs from the invading French.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Bantam Books, 1999.