St Martin's Summer: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

St Martin's Summer, credited to Rafael Sabatini, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of St Martin's Summer by Rafael Sabatini. Read in English by KiwiReader24. This rollicking story set in 17th-Century France centres on the young heiress, Valerie de la Vauvraye, and the crisis surrounding her marriage. Betrothed to Florimond de Condillac, who is fighting in Italy, Valerie finds herself being forced into marriage to Marius, the son of Florimond's step-mother, the Marquise de Condillac. The Marquise has her eyes on Valerie's wealth and plots to thwart the betrothal of Valerie and Florimond. In desperation Valerie writes to the Queen of France for her assistance. The Queen sends the noble Martin Marie Rigobert de Garnache, the novel's hero, and tasks him with protecting Valerie's honour. Replete with duels, deception, trickery, and double-dealing, the novel runs along at a cracking pace as contending forces seek to impose their will on Valerie. The novel was also known as 'The Queen's Messenger'. - Summary by KiwiReader24

Recording facts

• Recording title: St Martin's Summer
• Author credits: Rafael Sabatini
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 10:16:29

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• romance
• 17th century france

Track guide

1. 01 - The Seneschal of Dauphiny — 28:49
2. 02 - Monsieur de Garnache — 31:36
3. 03 - The Dowager's Compliance — 19:10
4. 04 - The Chateau de Condillac — 23:00
5. 05 - Monsieur de Garnache Loses his Temper — 41:00
6. 06 - Monsieur de Garnache Keeps his Temper — 23:42
7. 07 - The Opening of the Trap — 32:59
8. 08 - The Closing of the Trap — 19:10
9. 09 - The Seneschal's Advice — 17:42
10. 10 - The Recruit — 18:51
11. 11 - Valorie's Gaoler — 21:45
12. 12 - A Matter of Conscience — 28:24
13. 13 - The Courier — 21:53
14. 14 - Florimond's Letter — 22:35
15. 15 - The Conference — 41:42
16. 16 - The Unexpected — 25:56
17. 17 - How Monsieur de Garnache Left Condillac — 40:35
18. 18 - In the Moat — 24:39
19. 19 - Through the Night — 15:10
20. 20 - Florimond de Condillac — 19:33
21. 21 - The Ghost in the Cupboard — 19:28
22. 22 - The Offices of Mother Church — 24:05
23. 23 - The Judgment of Garnache — 43:40
24. 24 - Saint Martin's Eve — 11:05

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