The Viking's Skull

The Viking's Skull

By John R. Carling
Michael Caine
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Length11h 30m

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Excerpt: "Paul Cressingham, captain in Her Britannic Majesty's army, had seen some active service, and was therefore not unused to sleeping on the ground at night wrapt in his military cloak. Nevertheless he had a civilian weakness, if not for luxury, at least for comfort, and much preferred a four-poster, whenever the same was procurable. At the time, however, when this story opens it seemed likely that if he slept at all, his slumbers would have to be à la belle étoile, for he found himself late at night wandering in a deep pine-forest of Dalmatia. Paul's regiment—the Twenty-fourth Kentish—had its headquarters at Corfu; for his were the days when the United States of the Ionian Isles formed a dependency of the British Crown. His uncle, Colonel Graysteel, was commander-in-chief of the forces stationed there,—a fact which stood Paul in good, or possibly in bad, stead, for thereby he was enabled to obtain more relaxation than is consonant with the traditions of the War Office, his furloughs being extremely numerous, and spent chiefly in exploring odd corners of the Adriatic."

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GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length11 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PROLOGUE
2CHAPTER I "THE ENGLISH LADY"
3CHAPTER II THE RUNIC RING
4CHAPTER III A RETROSPECT
5CHAPTER IV TRAGEDY!
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6THE STORY
7CHAPTER I THE RAVENGARS OF RAVENHALL
8CHAPTER II THE MYSTERY OF THE RELIQUARY
9CHAPTER III IDRIS REDIVIVUS
10CHAPTER IV THE SECRET OF THE RUNIC RING
11CHAPTER V "THE SHADOW OF THE OFT-CARRIED THRONE"
12CHAPTER VI "THE FIRES OF THE ASAS!"
13CHAPTER VII "WITHIN THE LOFTY TOMB"
14CHAPTER VIII LORELIE RIVIÈRE
15CHAPTER IX IDRIS MEETS A RIVAL
16CHAPTER X A LITTLE PIECE OF STEEL
17CHAPTER XI THE LEGEND OF THE RUNIC RING
18CHAPTER XII IDRIS DECLARES HIS LOVE
19CHAPTER XIII AT LORELIE'S VILLA
20CHAPTER XIV TOLD BY THE VASE
21CHAPTER XV A PACKET OF OLD LETTERS
22CHAPTER XVI LORELIE AT RAVENHALL
23CHAPTER XVII THE SECRET OF THE FUNERAL CRYPT
24CHAPTER XVIII A CRANIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT
25CHAPTER XIX THE VENGEANCE OF THE SKULL
26CHAPTER XX FINALE

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