Arthur Conan Doyle - Journey into the Jaws of Death

The little Korosko was going up the river with full steam, and as it rustled and splashed the water, it made more noise than any large seagoing steamer. Its passengers sat on the deck, under the thick canvas tarpaulin, and every few hours the ship stopped, docked, so that the company could see the endless series of churches. However, as we move away from Cairo, the monuments become more and more ancient, more modern: and those who have had their fill of marveling at the oldest miracles created by human hands at Saqqara and Giza, look impatiently and disdainfully at the churches that were built just a few hundred years before the beginning of Christianity. But the idyllic trip turned into a terrible nightmare...

Detective Publishing
Crimean
112 pages
Binding: softboard glued
ISBN: 9786155268052
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle