Danger!: Being the Log of Captain John Sirius
| "Danger!: Being the Log of Captain John Sirius" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle | |
The cover page of the August 1914 edition of Collier's, illustrated by Henry Reuterdahl. | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The Strand Magazine |
| Publication type | Print, magazine |
| Publication date | July 1914 |
"Danger!: Being the Log of Captain John Sirius" is a story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in The Strand Magazine in July 1914. The story was collected in Danger! and Other Stories in 1918.[1]
Plot summary
The story deals with a fictitious European country, Norland, going to war with Great Britain, and was intended to call attention to the threat of submarines in warfare.
The story has the submarines establish a blockade of British ports in order to cut off the nation's supplies, and culminates in the torpedoing of a large passenger liner.
References
- ^ Watts, Jarica (2017). "Submerged by Fear: The Politics of Wartime Hysteria in Conrad and Conan Doyle". Conradiana. 49 (1): 17–41. ISSN 1935-0252 – via Project MUSE.
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