King's Mate

King's Mate

American first edition
Author	Rosita Forbes
Language	English
Genre	Romance
Publisher	Cassell & Co (UK) MaCauley (US)
Publication date	1928
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

King's Mate (also known as Account Rendered) is a 1928 romantic adventure novel by the British writer and explorer Rosita Forbes. ^[1] While staying in Morocco a young Englishwoman becomes lost in the desert and is rescued by a mysterious figure known as the White Sheik, who proves to be an Englishman.

Film adaptation

It was made into the 1928 British silent film The White Sheik directed by Harley Knoles and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Warwick Ward and Jameson Thomas. ^[2]

References

1. Watson & Willison p.1315
2. Goble p.162

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Liggins, Emma & Nolan, Elizabeth. Women's Writing of the First World War. Routledge, 2019.
• Watson, George & Willison, Ian R. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volume 4. CUP, 1972.