A joyous romp through turn-of-the-century Egypt, from Cairo to Khartoum, in the company of a fabulous bunch of characters: the filthy rich American heiress; the attractive Irish widow; the Irish nobleman; the Salem schoolteacher seeing the world for the first time; the English army officer disguised as an Egyptian prince; the English baronet; the American sculptor; and the New York woman convinced she's the reincarnation of Cleopatra!
