A Desert Drama: Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798719954769 Publisher: Independently Published
Binding Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" L (0.41 lbs) 140 pages |
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Publisher Description: The public may possibly wonder why it is that they have never heard in the papers of the fate of the passengers of the __Korosko__. In these days of universal press agencies, responsive to the slightest stimulus, it may well seem incredible that an international incident of such importance should remain so long unchronicled. Suffice it that there were very valid reasons, both of a personal and political nature, for holding it back. The facts were well known to a good number of people at the time, and some version of them did actually appear in a provincial paper, but was generally discredited. They have now been thrown into narrative form, the incidents having been collated from the sworn statements of Colonel Cochrane Cochrane, of the Army and Navy Club, and from the letters of Miss Adams, of Boston, Mass. These have been supplemented by the evidence of Captain Archer, of the Egyptian Camel Corps, as given before the secret Government inquiry at Cairo. Mr. James Stephens has refused to put his version of the matter into writing ... |
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