When... young... Rummaging through much loved books... in an old musty library... I touched on a novel which fascinated me... It was... "The Sheik"... Not only did I read the book voraciously... I also watched the film starring... the incomparable "Rudolph Valentino" and Agnes Ayres... Both left an indelible impression on me... The novel is about a young British aristocrat... a Lady Diana Mayo... who is kidnapped by a dashing Sheik...