She expressed an opinion that the happiness of a woman in Paradise is beneath the soles of her husband’s feet,’ he enlightened humorously, seemingly not at all averse to her obvious desire to be comforted.

They had a saying: An Arab loves in the order of: his son, his camel, and his wife – but there were times when one was allowed to take precedence over the other!

She wanted Adam Fox with the fervour ofparched earth thirsting for water, corn aching for the warmth of ripening sun, a starving skeleton drooling over a crust of bread. Her passionate young body yearned to...