The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Time Travel StoryBy Edwin Lester Arnold
Length15h 52m
About this audiobook
The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician is an exuberant late-Victorian historical fantasy cast as the memoir of an ancient Phoenician warrior who repeatedly falls into enchanted sleep and awakens at decisive moments in Britain's past. Moving from Roman Britain through medieval and early modern scenes, Arnold blends antiquarian spectacle, martial adventure, romance, and mock-archaic narration. The book belongs to the era of imperial romance associated with H. Rider Haggard, yet its time-spanning structure also anticipates later speculative fiction concerned with deep history and national myth. Edwin Lester Arnold, an English journalist and novelist, was the son of Sir Edwin Arnold, the poet and orientalist best known for The Light of Asia. His literary inheritance, professional immersion in popular print culture, and Victorian fascination with archaeology, empire, and legendary origins all inform Phra's unusual design. Arnold's imagination turns history into pageantry, but also into a meditation on continuity, conquest, and the making of English identity. This book is warmly recommended to readers of early fantasy, historical romance, and forgotten Victorian adventure fiction. Its extravagance, learned allusiveness, and vigorous narrative energy make it both entertaining and historically significant.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Action and Adventure
Length15 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 8, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
15Chapter XIII
2Prologue
16Chapter XIV
3Chapter I
17Chapter XV
4Chapter II
18Chapter XVI
5Chapter III
19Chapter XVII
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6Chapter IV
20Chapter XVIII
7Chapter V
21Chapter XIX
8Chapter VI
22Chapter XX
9Chapter VII
23Chapter XXI
10Chapter VIII
24Chapter XXII
11Chapter IX
25Chapter XXIII
12Chapter X
26Chapter XXIV
13Chapter XI
27Memorable Quotes
14Chapter XII
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