Standalone novel · 1935
The African Queen
In German East Africa in 1914, Rose Sayer, a missionary’s sister, and Charlie Allnutt, a Cockney mechanic, set off down a dangerous river in a battered launch, with a wild plan to attack a German gunboat.
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Book facts
- Author
- C. S. Forester
- Series
- Standalone
- Published
- 1935
- Setting
- Set in Central Africa
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
The African Queen on screen
- The African Queen (1951, film, Cinema). Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn play an unlikely pair travelling downriver through German East Africa at the start of the First World War.
Who is in The African Queen
2 recurring or key characters from C. S. Forester’s chart. Introduces Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnut.
Lead 2
- Rose SayerFirst appearanceMissionary's sister on a river in Africa
- Charlie AllnutFirst appearanceEngineer of the African Queen