An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay, credited to Grant Allen, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Grant Allen. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. "My name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth. I am brother-in-law and secretary to Sir Charles Vandrift, the South African millionaire and famous financier. Many years ago, when Charlie Vandrift was a small lawyer in Cape Town, I had the (qualified) good fortune to marry his sister. Much later, when the Vandrift estate and farm near Kimberley developed by degrees into the Cloetedorp Golcondas, Limited, my brother-in-law offered me the not unremunerative post of secretary; in which capacity I have ever since been his constant and attached companion." An illustrious scientist, Allen came to fiction as a more lucrative avenue than more serious writing. As well as writing ghost and detective stories, he introduced us to the illustrious Colonel Clay, a precursor of other gentleman rogue characters; he notably bears a strong resemblance to Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin, introduced some years later. - Summary by Lynne Thompson, quote from the first chapter

Recording facts

• Recording title: An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
• Author credits: Grant Allen
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 7:43:17

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• travel

Track guide

1. 01 - The Episode of the Mexican Seer — 35:15
2. 02 - The Episode of the Diamond Links — 44:27
3. 03 - The Episode of the Old Master — 40:31
4. 04 - The Episode of the Tyrolean Castle — 36:57
5. 05 - The Episode of the Drawn Game — 42:24
6. 06 - The Episode of the German Professor — 35:01
7. 08 - The Episode of the Seldon Goldmine — 35:27
8. 09 - The Episode of the Japanned Dispatch-Box — 38:20
9. 10 - The Episode of the Game of Poker — 36:48
10. 11 - The Episode of the Bertillon Method — 35:45
11. 12 - The Episode of the Old Bailey — 42:34
12. africanmillionaire_07_allen_128kb.mp3 — 40:32

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