CHAPTER TENAs long as she could remember Shona had dreamed of visiting the magical East. And to her, the gateway to the East was Cyprus.
As a child she had been enchanted by the story of how Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love had first appeared among humans, by rising from the waves of the Mediterranean sea.
Cleopatra, the legendary Queen of Egypt, who enslaved men’s hearts, had enjoyed lingering on Cyprus. Perhaps she had visited some of the many temples to Aphrodite that had sprung up all over the island.
Best of all, Shona had loved the wonderful story of how King Richard the Lionheart had besieged the island to rescue his bride, the Princess Berengaria of Navarre.
Having rescued her, he married her there and then and crowned her Queen of England.
Truly, Cyprus had earned its name, The
