Audio only
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
A NovelBy Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-BroylesNarrated by Peter KennyLength11h 53m
About this audiobook
A picaresque tale of how one person's actions can have far-reaching—even global—consequences, from the author of the bestselling novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Poor and orphaned, she quickly learns that the world expects her to die young. But Nombeko has grander plans. Little does this cunning and fearless girl know that soon she will steal a fortune in diamonds, outwit a mad scientist kidnapper, travel across the world, fall in with a pair of diabolical assassins, and ultimately save a king--and possibly the world.
Jonas Jonasson tackles issues ranging from the pervasiveness of racism to the dangers of absolute power in a charming and hilarious story. In the inimitable voice that has earned him legions of fans the world over, he gives us another rollicking tale of how even the smallest of decisions can ripple out into the world.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (68.9K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreFantasy, General Fiction
Length11 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byPeter Kenny
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 29, 2014
LanguageEnglish
More from Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles
The Girl Who Saved The King Of SwedenJonas Jonasson11h 53m3.9 (82.1K)$29 · $0.00
The Prophet and the IdiotJonas Jonasson10h 8m4.0 (9.2K)$29 · $0.00
Sweet Sweet Revenge LTDJonas Jonasson9h 6m3.9 (9.1K)$29 · $0.00
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old ManJonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles10h 18m3.9 (22.4K)$29 · $0.00
The Prophet and the IdiotJonas Jonasson10h 8m3.7 (10.4K)$29 · $0.00
Sweet Sweet Revenge LTDJonas Jonasson9h 6m3.8 (13.8K)$29 · $0.00
Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It AllJonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles7h 51m3.4 (21.7K)$26 · $0.00
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old ManJonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles10h 18m3.9 (29.3K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book SetToshikazu Kawaguchi18h 55m4.5 (1.4K)$40 · $0.00
The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller11h 15m4.3 (2.3M)$29 · $0.00
The Left and the LuckyWilly Vlautin6h 40m4.4 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
Hunt of the DragonJuliette Cross9h 46m4.4 (736)$20
Deadly GameChristine Feehan13h 20m4.3 (15.8K)$30
Swimming in the DarkTomasz Jedrowski6h 30m4.2 (98.9K)$24 · $0.00
A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty Smith14h 55m4.4 (577.6K)$33 · $0.00
Dark GuardianChristine Feehan12h 32m4.5 (26.3K)$33 · $0.00
The Neil Gaiman ReaderNeil Gaiman27h 3m4.5 (3.2K)$53 · $0.00
The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien10h 51m4.4 (4.9M)$12 · $0.00
Bad HabitAlana S. Portero5h 37m4.4 (52.3K)$24 · $0.00
Science Fiction & Fantasy CollectionH. P. Lovecraft16h 32m4.5 (2.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Undead PoolKim Harrison16h 13m4.4 (34.6K)$33 · $0.00
The Edge of DawnBeverly Jenkins10h 15m4.5 (1.1K)$29 · $0.00
The Tapestry of FateShannon Chakraborty20h 2m4.4 (3.4K)$46 · $0.00
The Lack of LightNino Haratischwili26h 20m4.4 (9.2K)$53 · $0.00
My Dear HamiltonStephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie23h 7m4.4 (63.6K)$46 · $0.00
A Broken People's PlaylistChimeka Garricks6h 40m4.4 (3.7K)$24 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Five Little IndiansMichelle Good10h 34m4.5 (64.5K)$29 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett11h 23m4.5 (189.9K)$29 · $0.00
Glen AffricKarine Giebel22h 51m4.5 (3.2K)$46 · $0.00
The Book Of NegroesLawrence Hill15h 45m4.5 (107.3K)$33 · $0.00
Lieutenant Hornblower (Annotated)C. S. Forester11h 41m4.5 (2.9K)$2 · $0.00
You may also like
The Girl Who Saved The King Of SwedenJonas Jonasson11h 53m3.9 (82.1K)$29 · $0.00
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old ManJonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles10h 18m3.9 (29.3K)$29 · $0.00
Splinter & AshMarieke Nijkamp8h 51m4.1 (323)$29 · $0.00
The Maltese IguanaTim Dorsey9h 51m4.2 (1.7K)$29 · $0.00
Psmith, JournalistP. G. Wodehouse6h 38m4.2 (4.2K)$2.30
PsmithP. G. Wodehouse40h 28m4.1 (5.4K)$1 · $0.00
The Three MusketeersAlexandre Dumas26h 58m4.2 (400.3K)$21 · $0.00
Twenty Years AfterAlexandre Dumas28h 58m4.3 (29.4K)$1.20 · $0.00
Ten Years LaterAlexandre Dumas22h 17m4.1 (4.9K)$2.30
Twenty Years AfterAlexandre Dumas27h 54m4.2 (41.5K)$35
HuntingtowerJohn Buchan8h 25m4.0 (2.3K)$2.30 · $0.00
The Sheep, the Rooster, and the DuckMatt Phelan1h 55m4.1 (710)$16 · $0.00
Sons of Valor IV: False FlagJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews11h 47m4.6 (1.1K)$25
The Man in the Iron MaskAlexandre Dumas21h 16m4.1 (78.9K)$7.50 · $0.00
The Vicomte De BragelonneAlexandre Dumas22h 13m4.2 (11.3K)$2.30
EldoradoBaroness Emmuska Orczy14h 6m4.2 (6.7K)$1.20 · $0.00
Psmith, JournalistP. G. Wodehouse6h 38m4.2 (3.9K)$2.30 · $0.00
ScoopEvelyn Waugh9h 11m3.9 (32.2K)$1 · $0.00
Twenty Years AfterAlexandre Dumas13h 19m4.2 (30.9K)$25
Dickson McCunn - Complete 'Gorbals Die-hards' SeriesJohn Buchan28h 43m4.2 (334)$3 · $0.00