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| Author | Arthur Weigall |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | T. Fisher Unwin (UK) Grosset & Dunlap (US) |
Publication date | 1921 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Burning Sands is a 1921 dramatic adventure novel by the British writer Arthur Weigall. It was originally published in Britain under the alternative title The Dweller in the Desert. [1] Set in the Middle East, the novel was a riposte to the 1919 novel The Sheik by E. M. Hull. [2]
In 1922 it was adapted into an American silent film Burning Sands directed by George Melford and starring Wanda Hawley, Milton Sills and Jacqueline Logan. [3] It was produced by Paramount Pictures who were hoping to capitalise on the enormous success of the previous year's film version of The Sheik . [2]
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