A Desert Drama: Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"

A Desert Drama: Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"

This book has been materially enlarged and altered since its appearance in serial form A. Conan Doyle October 17, 1897 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, but as these proofs have been submitted to him, and no correction or deletion has been made in them, it may be supposed that he has not succeeded in detecting any grave misstatement of fact, and that any objection which he may have to their publication depends rather upon private and personal scruples. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 21768
Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
Release Date: Jun 8, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Paget, Sidney, 1860-1908