The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies


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(3.5 stars; 2 reviews)

Celebrated Scottish author John Buchan, creator of the Richard Hannay series of thrillers (including The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle) brings light this wonderfully diverse collection of short stories and poetry showcasing Buchan's skill at both satire and the weird. This book was described in a review by The Athenaeum upon its release as showing "a marked leaning towards the mysterious and bizarre" and is bursting with "considerable imagination. Join us for a jaunt into the fantastical and otherworldly realm of John Buchan's short fiction! (Summary by Ben Tucker) (7 hr 59 min)

Chapters

From the Pentlands looking North and South 6:54 Read by Alan Mapstone
I. The Company of the Marjolaine Chapter I 26:04 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
I. The Company of the Marjolaine Chapter II - III 37:07 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Avignon 1759 2:22 Read by Alan Mapstone
II. A Lucid Interval Chapter I - II 27:34 Read by czandra
II. A Lucid Interval Chapter III - V 31:39 Read by czandra
The Shorter Catechism (revised version) 2:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
III. The Lemnian 37:57 Read by Belinda Mc
Atta's Song 3:46 Read by Claudia Caldi
IV. Space 37:20 Read by Ben Tucker
Stocks and Stones 3:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
V. Streams of Water in the South 39:06 Read by Freso
The Gipsy's Song to the lady Cassilis 2:35 Read by Alan Mapstone
VI. The Grove of Ashtaroth 52:26 Read by Ben Tucker
Wood Magic 3:01 Read by Gloria Loughry
VII. The Riding of Ninemileburn 25:27 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Plain Folk 6:55 Read by Gloria Loughry
VIII. The Kings of Orion Part 1 23:58 Read by Donald Warren
VIII. The Kings of Orion Part 2 25:32 Read by Donald Warren
Babylon 4:58 Read by Alan Mapstone
IX. The Green Glen 48:32 Read by Ben Tucker
The Wise Years 6:42 Read by Alan Mapstone
X. The Rime of True Thomas 23:21 Read by Agnes Robert Behr