Начало века… Карен Бликсен отправляется в путешествие в Кению, где ее супруг-предприниматель выращивает кофе. Здесь, в самом сердце Африки, волею судеб Карен будет суждено встретить свою подлинную и единственную любовь.
Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.
