The Bishop's Secret: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Bishop's Secret, credited to Fergus Hume, 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 The Bishop's Secret by Fergus Hume. Read in English by David Wales Bishop Pendle is the Church of England bishop in a small fictitious English cathedral town. Several years into his work, he receives a visit from a disreputable-looking visitor. The bishop is much upset. What transpired between them that has so upset the good churchman? And then there is the murder. Fergus Hume was one of the most prolific and most popular of 19th century novelists. "Mr. Hume won a reputation second to none for plot of the stirring, ingenious, misleading, and finally surprising kind, and for working out his plot in vigorous and picturesque English. In "The Bishop's Secret," while there is no falling off in plot and style, there is a welcome and marvelous broadening out as to the cast of characters, representing an unusually wide range of typical men and women. These are not laboriously described by the author, but are made to reveal themselves in action and speech in a way that has, for the reader, all the charm of personal intercourse with living people...." (Book Preface and david wales)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Bishop's Secret
• Author credits: Fergus Hume
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 40
• Listed recording duration: 12:41:46

Catalogue topics

• Mystery
• england
• nineteenth century
• Church of England
• bishop

Opening tracks: first 24 of 40

1. 00 - Publisher's Preface — 2:55
2. 01 - Chapter 01 Enter Mrs. Pansey As Chorus — 19:35
3. 02 - Chapter 02 The Bishop Is Wanted — 21:09
4. 03 - Chapter 03 The Unforeseen Happens — 20:27
5. 04 - Chapter 04 The Curiosity Of Mr. Cargrim — 20:36
6. 05 - Chapter 05 The Derby Winner — 17:42
7. 06 - Chapter 06 The Man With The Scar — 16:30
8. 07 - Chapter 07 An Interesting Conversation — 19:37
9. 08 - Chapter 08 On Saturday Night — 17:50
10. 09 - Chapter 09 An Exciting Adventure — 18:00
11. 10 - Chapter 10 Morning Service In The Minster — 18:02
12. 11 - Chapter 11 Miss Whichello's Luncheon-party — 18:33
13. 12 - Chapter 12 Bell Mosk Pays A Visit — 16:35
14. 13 - Chapter 13 A Stormy Night — 19:09
15. 14 - Chapter 14 Rumour full Of Tongues — 17:42
16. 15 - Chapter 15 The Gipsy Ring — 19:33
17. 16 - Chapter 16 The Zeal Of Inspector Tinkler — 18:10
18. 17 - Chapter 17 A Clerical Detective — 20:16
19. 18 - Chapter 18 The Chaplain On The Warpath — 17:34
20. 19 - Chapter 19 The Bishop's Request — 18:24
21. 20 - Chapter 20 Mother Jael — 19:53
22. 21 - Chapter 21 Mrs. Pansey's Festival — 21:50
23. 22 - Chapter 22 Mr. Mosk Is Indiscreet — 17:31
24. 23 - Chapter 23 In The Library — 21:39

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