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A sultan in Palermo

Part of the Islam Quintet series
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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.

Debunking myths about Oriental exoticism, it echoes a past that can still be heard today.

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Verso Books
178168930X / 9781781689301
Paperback / softback
823.914
07/07/2015
United Kingdom
English
Historic novels
240 pages
20 cm
Reprint. Originally published: 2005.