King's Mate

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King's Mate
King's Mate.jpg
American first edition
Author Rosita Forbes
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance
Publisher Cassell & Co (UK)
MaCauley (US)
Publication date
1928
Media typePrint

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.

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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]

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References

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

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