The Sheik is a 1919 Novel by Edith Maude Hull, an English novelist of the early twentieth century.
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It was a huge best-seller and the most popular of her books, and it served as the basis for the film of the same name starring Rudolph Valentino in the title role.
The Novel opens in a hotel in the Algerian city of Biskra.
It was the first of a series of novels she wrote with desert settings that set off a major revival of the "desert romance" genre of romantic fiction.
The Sheik is a 1919 Novel by Edith Maude Hull, an English novelist of the early twentieth century