Length16h 50m
About this audiobook
James Grant (1822-87) was a Scottish novelist and historian. This novel set during the Crimean War of 1853-56 was first published in book form in 1872, having previously been serialised in Tinsley's Magazine from October 1871-August 1872. Excerpt: "And she is to be there--nay, is there already; so one more chance is given me to meet her. But for what?--to part again silently, and more helplessly bewitched than ever, perhaps. Ah, never will she learn to love me as I love her!" thought I, as I turned over my old friend's letter, not venturing, however, to give utterance to this aloud, as the quizzical eyes of Phil Caradoc were upon me. "A penny for your thoughts, friend Harry?" said he, laughing; "try another cigar, and rouse yourself. What the deuce is in this letter, that it affects you so? Have you put a pot of money on the wrong horse?" "Been jilted, had a bill returned, or what?" suggested Gwynne. "Neither, fortunately," said I; "it is simply an invitation from Sir Madoc Lloyd, which rather perplexes me." At this time our regiment was then in the East, awaiting with the rest of the army some movement to be made from Varna, either towards Bessarabia or the Crimea--men's minds were undecided as to which, while her Majesty's Ministers seemed to have no thought on the subject. Our depôt belonged to the provisional battalion at Winchester, where Caradoc, Gwynne, two other subalterns, and I, with some two hundred rank and file, expected ere long the fiat of the fates who reign at the Horse Guards to send us forth to win our laurels from the Russians, or, what seemed more probable, a grave where the pest was then decimating our hapless army, in the beautiful but perilous vale of Aladdyn, on the coast of Bulgaria. We had just adjourned from mess, to have a quiet cheroot and glass of brandy-and-water in my quarters, when I received from my man, Owen Evans, the letter the contents of which awakened so many new hopes and tantalising wishes in my heart, and on which so much of my fate in the future might hinge...
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length16 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.--THE INVITATION.
2CHAPTER II.--THE MOTH AND THE CANDLE.
3CHAPTER III--By EXPRESS.
4CHAPTER IV.--WINNY AND DORA LLOYD.
5CHAPTER V.--CRAIGADERYN COURT.
Show all chaptersShow less
6CHAPTER VI.--THREE GRACES.
7CHAPTER VII.--PIQUE.
8CHAPTER VIII.--SUNDAY AT CRAIGADERYN.
9CHAPTER IX.-THE INITIALS.
10CHAPTER X.--A PERILOUS RAMBLE.
11CHAPTER XI.--THE FÊTE CHAMPETRE.
12CHAPTER XII.--ON THE CLIFFS.
13CHAPTER XIII.--A PROPOSAL.
14CHAPTER XIV.--THE UNFORESEEN.
15CHAPTER XV.--WHAT THE MOON SAW.
16CHAPTER XVI.--THE SECRET ENGAGEMENT.
17CHAPTER XVII.--WHAT FOLLOWED IT.
18CHAPTER XVIII.--GUILFOYLE.
19CHAPTER XIX.--TWO LOVES FOR ONE HEART.
20CHAPTER XX.-FEARS.
21CHAPTER XXI .-GEORGETTE FRANKLIN.
22CHAPTER XXII.--GEORGETTE FRANKLIN'S STORY.
23CHAPTER XXIII.--TURNING THE TABLES.
24CHAPTER XXIV.--BITTER THOUGHTS.
25CHAPTER XXV.--SURPRISES.
26CHAPTER XXVI.--WITHOUT PURCHASE.
27CHAPTER XXVII.--RECONCILIATION.
28CHAPTER XXVIII.--ON BOARD THE URGENT.
29CHAPTER XXIX.--"ICH DIEN."
30CHAPTER XXX.--NEWS OF BATTLE.
31CHAPTER XXXI.-UNDER CANVAS.
32CHAPTER XXXII.--IN THE TRENCHES.
33CHAPTER XXXIII.-THE FLAG OF TRUCE.
34CHAPTER XXXIV.--GUILFOYLE REDIVIVUS.
35CHAPTER XXXV.--THE NIGHT BEFORE INKERMANN.
36CHAPTER XXXVI.--THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
37CHAPTER XXXVII.--THE ANGEL OF HORROR.
38CHAPTER XXXVIII.--THE CAMP AGAIN.
39CHAPTER XXXIX.--A MAIL FROM ENGLAND.
40CHAPTER XL.--A PERILOUS DUTY.
41CHAPTER XLI.--THE CARAVANSERAI.
42CHAPTER XLII.--THE TCHERNIMORSKI COSSACKS.
43CHAPTER XLIII.--WINIFRED'S SECRET.
44CHAPTER XLIV.--THE CASTLE OF YALTA.
45CHAPTER XLV.--EVIL TIDINGS.
46CHAPTER XLVI.--DELILAH.
47CHAPTER XLVII.--VALERIE VOLHONSKI.
48CHAPTER XLVIII.--THE THREATS OF TOLSTOFF.
49CHAPTER XLIX.--BETROTHED.
50CHAPTER L.--CAUGHT AT LAST.
Series
More from James Grant
One of the Six HundredJames Grant18h 28m$2.30
Derval Hampton, A Story of the Sea, Volume 1 and Vol 2 CompleteJames Grant7h 49m$2.30
The Yellow FrigateJames Grant21h 30m$2.30
The Cavaliers of Fortune, Or, British Heroes in Foreign WarsJames Grant15h 49m$2.30
The Romance of War, or,the Highlanders in SpainJames Grant24h 57m$2.30
Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp, Or, A Campaign in Calabria, Volume 1, 2, 3James Grant22h 17m$2.30
Bothwell, Or, The Days of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1, 2, 3James Grant19h 17m$2.30
Jane Seton, or, The King's AdvocatJames Grant18h 32m$2.30
Legends of the Black Watch, or, Forty-Second HighlandersJames Grant12h 15m$2.30
Morley Ashton, A Story of the Sea Volume 1, 2, 3James Grant19h 51m$2.30
Jack Manly, His Adventures by Sea and LandJames Grant9h 25m$2.30
The Captain of the GuardJames Grant13h 4m$2.30
Only an Ensign Volume 1, 2, 3James Grant21h 27m$2.30
Oliver Ellis, or, The FusiliersJames Grant14h 36m$2.30
Philip Rollo, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2James Grant24h 42m$2.30
The Secret Dispatch, Or, The Adventures of Captain BalgonieJames Grant6h 14m$2.30
The Cameronians A Novel Volume 1, 2, 3James Grant16h 44m$2.30
The Mysteries of All NationsJames Grant23h 46m$2.30
Body Refinement in a Beast Tamer’s World, Book 1Seth Ring14h 7m$27
The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Unabridged)Jane Austen88h 8m5.0 (1)$1 · $0.00
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m5.0 (1)$28 · $0.00
Searching For ThanksgivingS.E. Smith4h 24m$20
Naughty 4Brenda Hampton7h 30m$17
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m$35
Anne Shirley (Complete 14 Book Collection)Lucy Maud Montgomery125h 28m$2 · $0.00
The DopemanJaQuavis Coleman5h 25m$20
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m$5 · $0.00
Dark RisingJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews13h 47m$27
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.5 (24)$29 · $0.00
Grand Opening 2Carl Weber9h 16m$20
Sons of Valor II: Violence of ActionBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson12h 34m$23
Malevolent MagicMildred Abbott7h 13m$17
Bikes, Toys, and Hot BoyzGenesis Woods, Shantaé13h 9m$23
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m$2 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m$33 · $0.00
Ghetto BastardK’wan7h 37m$20
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m$18 · $0.00
The Vineyard BrideKatie Winters5h 5m$15
The Newly Witch GameRobyn Peterman4h 39m$15
Louis L’Amour’s Trio of TalesLouis L’Amour2h 8m$10
Scaramouche (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini15h 24m$2 · $0.00
Northern ShadowsDaniel Greene12h 52m$23
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure NovelCasey Nash3h 42m$18 · $0.00
Sons of War Series Box SetNicholas Sansbury Smith49h 30m$40
Can’t Ride Around ItAnn Charles, Sam Lucky10h 13m$25
Punk’s FightWard Carroll10h 28m$20
Sons of Valor IV: False FlagJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews11h 47m$25
With Fire and Sword (Annotated)Henryk Sienkiewicz36h 6m$2 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m$53 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m$2 · $0.00
Once an EagleAnton Myrer41h 21m$40
The Count of Monte Cristo + The Three Musketeers + The Man in the Iron Mask (3 Unabridged Classics) (Annotated)Alexandre Dumas101h 51m$2 · $0.00
Sons of War 4: SoldiersNicholas Sansbury Smith, Tom Abrahams12h 54m$25
The Complete Novels (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)Robert Louis Stevenson100h 59m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Jack London – 22 Adventure Classics in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)Jack London188h 23m$2 · $0.00
The Road to Gundagai (The Matilda Saga, #3)Jackie French12h 31m$33 · $0.00
I AM BOND, JAMES BOND – The Books Behind The Movies: Premium Collection – 20 Titles in One Volume (Annotated)Ian Fleming101h 33m$2 · $0.00
The Skull of the WorldKate Forsyth10h 28m5.0 (1)$20
You may also like
Crossing the Borders of TimeLeslie Maitland18h 49m$28 · $0.00
The Note Through the WireDoug Gold9h 3m$29 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m$33 · $0.00
My Dear BoyJoanie Holzer Schirm11h 46m$20 · $0.00
A Dance with Her Forbidden Officer/Diary of a War BrideLauri Robinson14h 13m$33 · $0.00
A Dance with Her Forbidden Officer & Diary of a War BrideLauri Robinson14h 13m$24 · $0.00
The Angel of WaterlooJackie French13h 59m$33 · $0.00
Time of the Singing of BirdsGrace Livingston Hill8h 41m$1.20 · $0.00
Parade's end seriesFord Madox38h 7m$3.50 · $0.00
GI BridesDuncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi11h 6m$29 · $0.00
Carla Kelly Christmas CollectionCarla Kelly8h 11m$26 · $0.00
The Red Cross BargeMarie Belloc Lowndes3h 55m$2.30
Carla Kelly Christmas CollectionCarla Kelly8h 11m$26 · $0.00
A Hardy NorsemanEdna Lyall16h 36m$2.30 · $0.00
Margery (Gred) A Tale Of Old Nuremberg CompleteGeorg Ebers16h 7m$2.30
Starring Adele AstaireEliza Knight12h 26m$29 · $0.00
Prize WomenCaroline Lea11h 27m$29 · $0.00
The Whisky WidowKaren Brooks18h 27m$28 · $0.00
My Mother's WarEva Taylor5h 35m$24 · $0.00
Kate Vernon (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)Mrs. Alexander18h 14m$2 · $0.00