Against all advice, the proud, boyish Diana Mayo sets off on a desert journey from Biskra with only native guides. She is carried off by Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan and held captive in his camp, and the story follows her rage, her slow change of feeling and the dangers of rival tribes.
The 1919 sensation behind Rudolph Valentino’s film, its romantic view of abduction and its racial ideas plainly of their time. Download the free EPUB.