King's Mate

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.

King's Mate
American first edition
AuthorRosita Forbes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance
PublisherCassell & Co (UK)
MaCauley (US)
Publication date
1928
Media typePrint

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.


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