A Sultan in Palermo

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.

Praise for the Islam Quintet:

"A richly woven tapestry that even before its completion meritscomparison with Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo trilogy." Kirkus Reviews

Author: Tariq Ali
Publisher: Verso
Published: 07/07/2015
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.21w x 0.76d
ISBN13: 9781781689301
ISBN10: 178168930X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Romance | Historical | Medieval

About the Author
Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics--including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome--as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.