form y separately published work icon Fires of Fate single work   film/TV   adventure  
Adaptation of Fires of Fate Arthur Conan Doyle , 1909 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1932... 1932 Fires of Fate
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A group of English tourists travelling along the Nile by boat are kidnapped by locals and ultimately rescued by the Camel Corps.

Very much of its time, Arthur Conan Doyle's original work displayed a mistrust of Islam and a strong favouring of British imperialism: judging from contemporary reviews, Dion Titheradge carried those elements into this adaptation.

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