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.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) foi um escritor e médico britânico nascido na Escócia. Tornou-se mundialmente famoso por suas sessenta histórias sobre o detetive Sherlock Holmes, um marco da literatura. Foi um renomado e prolífico autor cujos trabalhos incluem histórias de ficção científica, novelas históricas, peças e romances, poesias e obras de não ficção. |