The Sheik

London England: Granada, 1978. Hardback. The Sheik. What is it like to be twenty-three years old, and the richest man in the world? To be torn between a western education and an Arab inheritance? To belong to two cultures? Abdullah al Asmari, grandson of the Emir of Rahsmani, the richest oil-producing country, has been charged by the Emir with investing his country's superabundance of money. The task takes his to the United States, where he is to buy a few banks, and the first stop is California. Nothing in his previous experience has prepared him for the high life opened up to him by his friend Ali Hassan, the famous movie star - the glamours and willing starlets, romps through the world's most expensive shops where diamonds are purchased as thanks for an evening's pleasure, parties where champagne flows and brawls follow, the carefree existence of the beautiful and rich.But son troube comes. Revolution in Rashmani brings danger to Abdullah. And when he finally returns, undercover and in disguise, he is no longer the callow youth who left, but a worldly and powerful man. This is the story of the coming of age of a young sheik - dazzling, entertaining, and lavish with local colour and adventure. 365 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.