Tragedy of the Korosko and The Fires of Fate

Douglas Kerr is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London and Honorary Professor of English and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Orwell and Empire (2022), Conan Doyle: Writing, Profession, and Practice (2013), Eastern Figures: Orient and Empire in British Writing (2008), and Wilfred Owen’s Voices: Language and Community (1993). He is General Editor of the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle (22 vols), for which he has edited Conan Doyle’s autobiography, Memories and Adventures (2022).

• General Editor’s PrefaceAcknowledgementsChronology of the Life of Arthur Conan DoyleIntroduction to The Tragedy of the Korosko- Genesis and Composition- Publication History- Reception- Context: The Dervish Wars- Context: Tales of EmpireThe Tragedy of the Korosko- Preface- Chapter I- Chapter II- Chapter III- Chapter IV- Chapter V- Chapter VI- Chapter VII- Chapter VIII- Chapter IX- Chapter XIntroduction to The Fires of Fate- Genesis and Composition- Production and Performance History- Reception- Context: The Edwardian Theatre- Context: Dramatic Styles and GenresThe Fires of Fate- Act I- Act II- Act III- Act IV Scene 1- Act IV Scene 2Introduction to The Nile JournalThe Nile JournalEssays on the Texts- The Tragedy of the Korosko- The Fires of FateApparatus for The Tragedy of the KoroskoExplanatory Notes- The Tragedy of the Korosko- The Fires of Fate- The Nile Journal

Conan Doyle’s ripping yarn of kidnapped tourists in the Sudanese badlands is impeccably edited by Douglas Kerr. The volume includes Doyle’s dramatic adaptation, The Fires of Fate, as well as the Nile journal he mined for the novel, both of which appear in print here for the first time.