Graustark
George Barr Mccutcheon
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The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were published and the original editions are still readily available in used book shops. The novels gave their name to a fictional genre called Graustarkian: this genre contains tales of romance and intrigue usually featuring titled characters in small, fictional, Central European countries.
During the 1870's, Graustark's ruler, Prince Ganlook, was killed in a war with neighboring Axphain. As part of the ensuing peace treaty, Graustark agreed to pay a large indemnity to Axphain, to be due, with interest, in fifteen years. (Summary from Wikipedia) (10 hr 29 min)
Chapters
MR. GRENFALL LORRY SEEKS ADVENTURE | 29:46 | Read by Maire Rhode |
TWO STRANGERS IN A COACH | 29:02 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
MISS GUGGENSLOCKER | 39:14 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
THE INVITATION EXTENDED | 27:18 | Read by Maire Rhode |
SENTIMENTAL EXCHANGE | 26:47 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
GRAUSTARK | 36:04 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
THE LADY IN THE CARRIAGE | 21:19 | Read by Maire Rhode |
THE ABDUCTION OF A PRINCESS | 30:06 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
THE EXPLOIT OF LORRY AND ANGUISH | 19:44 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
YETIVE | 29:31 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
LOVE IN A CASTLE | 20:49 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
A WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES | 13:13 | Read by Christine Blachford |
UNDER MOON AND MONASTERY | 28:16 | Read by Maire Rhode |
THE EPISODE OF THE THRONE ROOM | 17:35 | Read by Cori Samuel |
THE BETROTHAL | 15:21 | Read by Christine Blachford |
A CLASH AND IT'S RESULT | 15:45 | Read by Christine Blachford |
IN THE TOWER | 14:07 | Read by Christine Blachford |
THE FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT | 17:25 | Read by Christine Blachford |
THE SOLDIER | 27:39 | Read by Maire Rhode |
THE APPROACHING ORDEAL | 17:11 | Read by Christine Blachford |
FROM A WINDOW ABOVE | 24:53 | Read by Maire Rhode |
GRENFALL LORRY'S FOE | 15:03 | Read by Maire Rhode |
THE VISITOR AT MIDNIGHT | 25:17 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
OFF TO THE DUNGEON | 18:02 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
BECAUSE I LOVE HIM | 22:19 | Read by Annise |
THE GUESSING OF ANGUISH | 14:38 | Read by Cori Samuel |
ON THE BALCONY AGAIN | 19:09 | Read by Maire Rhode |
THE MAID OF GRAUSTARK | 13:46 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
Lucy Burgoyne totally ruined the book. Im sorry but I can't imagine listening to the whole book with her narrating so much of it! She's extremely hard to understand, very poor voice inflection & she has a dry mouth, smack smack. Story is probably ok for that time period. Shall I risk continuing?
Great book, one bad reader
Sam
What an amazing book, and yet how is it ruined by that one reader Lucy Burgone! She should be banned from reading any interesting books on LibriVox. All the other readers did a great job.
Interesting narrators. The story was a bit more tedious than I remember from my…
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