Overview
From the author of the bestselling Snowball Oranges series of Mallorcan travel books comes a substantial and compelling novel inspired by one of the most momentous and lastingly-celebrated events in the history of this enchanting Spanish island.It's 1229, the year of the Christian 'Reconquest' of Mallorca from the Moors, a Muslim people of Afro-Arabic origin who have ruled Spain in cultural splendour for five hundred years. Heading the Christian invasion is King Jaume I, the dashing 21-year-old ruler of the northern Spanish kingdom of Aragon, who sets out for Mallorca with a mighty armada of one hundred and fifty ships carrying some fifteen thousand foot soldiers and fifteen hundred cavalry.The helmsman of the royal galley is Pedrito Bl
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- ISBN-13: 9780957306219
- ISBN-10: 0957306210
- Publisher: Oasis-Werp
- Publish Date: November 2012
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.99 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.43 pounds
- Page Count: 444
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