The Tragedy Of The Korosko - 9781717473615

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author who found fame writing about the detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was a prolific writer who also wrote science fiction, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and non-fiction.. A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in a "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 defense of British Imperialism and in particular the Imperial project in North Africa.

• • Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
• • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: May 02, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 142 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 171747361X
• • ISBN-13: 9781717473615