Empires of sand
By: David Ball.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Flatters, Paul François Xavier, 1832-1881 -- Fiction.; Tuaregs -- Algeria -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.; Sieges -- Fiction.; Western Sahara -- History -- To 1884 -- Fiction.; Paris (France) -- History -- Siege, 1870-1871 -- Fiction.; Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
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.