The English Girl

Joan Seabrook, a fledgling archaeologist, has fulfilled a lifelong dream to visit Arabia by travelling from England to the ancient city of Muscat with her fiance, Rory. She longs to explore the desert fort of Jabrin, and unearth the treasures it is said to conceal. But Oman is a land lost in time and gaining permission to explore Jabrin could prove impossible. Joan's disappointment is alleviated by the thrill of meeting her childhood heroine, pioneering explorer Maude Vickery. As their friendship grows, Joan is seduced by Maude's stories, and the thrill of the adventure they hold. Only too late does she question actions that will spark a potentially disastrous, chain of events. Will the girl that left England for this beautiful but dangerous land ever find her way back?