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La conquête des sables : roman

Title
La conquête des sables : roman / David Ball ; traduit de l'américain par Christine Bouchareine.
Author
Ball, David W.
Publication
Paris : Robert Laffont, 2001.

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Additional Authors
Bouchareine, Christine.
Description
621 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
Best-Sellers / Robert Laffont
Uniform Title
  • Empires of sand. French
  • Best-sellers (Paris, France)
Alternative Title
Empires of sand.
Subject
  • 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
Note
  • Original edition from Bantam Books, New York, 1999.
ISBN
  • 2221090365
  • 9782221090367
OCLC
  • ocn138671040
  • 138671040
  • SCSB-5283298
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries