Set in 1910 in the Middle East, this novel by the author of The Taking of Agnes describes the journey into depravity and betrayal of Elinor Grace, traveller, scholar and archaeologist whose goal was to uncover the truth about the Queen of Sheba's legendary capital at Mareb.
- ISBN10 0747507139
- ISBN13 9780747507130
- Publish Date 28 January 1991 (first published 14 September 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 May 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English