| The Tragedy of the Korosko (1896) NOVEL by: Arthur Conan Doyle Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1542686075 ISBN-13: 9781542686075 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.51 lbs) 166 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897. It was later adapted into a play Fires of Fate by Doyle. The play was in turn twice adapted into film, a 1923 silent film and a 1932 talkie.A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in "a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler", the Korosko. They intend to travel to Abousir at the southern frontier of Egypt, after which the Dervish country starts. They are attacked and abducted by a marauding band of Dervish warriors. The novel contains a strong defence of British Imperialism and in particular the Imperial project in North Africa. It also reveals the very great suspicion of Islam felt by many Europeans at the time. |