A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The Korosko

About this film

LibriVox recording of A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The Korosko, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read by David Wales. Also published under the title The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898). 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 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. Racial attitudes are expressed that are offensive to the modern ear but were commonplace in Doyle's time. (Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (143MB)

Directors & creators

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Subjects

Adventure; Egypt; Islam; Dervish; Nile River; Nineteenth century; Great Britain in Egypt; librivox; audiobook;

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