These Chivalrous Brothers: The Mysterious Disappearance of the 1882 Palmer Sinai Expedition

by David Sunderland

The story of the 1882 Palmer Sinai Expedition, a spying and terrorist mission that ended in the murder of its participants and was one of the great cause celebre of the nineteenth century. Just before sunset on August 8th 1882 HMS Cockatrice, a small paddle wheel gunboat, appeared off the Egyptian shore. A rowing boat was lowered down its side and slowly moved towards the beach. On its arrival, six men and a teenage boy alighted. Three of the group...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785352423
• ISBN13: 9781785352423
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Chronos Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.5"