![]() He came to the village seeking help, but instead he finds Rose. He and his two crewmates are in Africa working for a Belgium mining company, but his crewmates have abandoned him and the ship to flee from the Germans. He explains that he's the skipper of the African Queen, a small, steam-powered boat. The next morning, a fellow Englishman named Charlie Allnutt arrives in the village. When Samuel dies one night, it leaves Rose stranded by herself in German territory. The pair came to Africa from England as Anglican missionaries to minister to the natives, but since the Germans have conscripted all the villagers, the community is deserted. In a village in German-colonized Tanganyika (now called Tanzania), 33-year-old Rose Sayer tends to her dying brother, Samuel. ![]() ![]() It is 1914, and World War I has just begun. ![]() In 1951, The African Queen was made into a film adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart and Kathryn Hepburn. ![]() Forester (Aug– April 2, 1966) was an award-winning English novelist best known for his adventure and naval warfare stories, such as A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours. Set during World War I, the story follows a skipper and a missionary as they band together to escape both the German soldiers and the African jungle. Published in 1935, The African Queen is a classic adventure novel by C.S. ![]()
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