The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, credited to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Read in English by Lauren Huff. After the brutal and turbulent Wars of the Roses, Henry VII reigned over England and the sons of his rival Edward IV, once held captive in the Tower of London, were lost to time. Years later, a young man with boundless energy and hope emerged, claiming to be Richard, Duke of York, heir of Edward IV and the rightful king of England. Mary Shelley’s swashbuckling narrative of the doomed claimant to the throne imagines Richard from his youth in hiding as the lowly Perkin Warbeck to his execution as a traitor at the hands of Henry VII. Richard gains friends and supporters in his quest to claim the English crown, but treachery dogs his every step. (Summary by Lauren Huff)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
• Author credits: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 59
• Listed recording duration: 17:12:02

Catalogue topics

• henry vii
• imposture
• impostors
• pretender to the throne
• great britain history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 59

1. 01 - Preface — 3:26
2. 02 - The Flight From Bosworth Field — 26:10
3. 03 - The Conference — 26:10
4. 04 - Elizabeth of York — 14:29
5. 05 - Lady Brampton — 15:38
6. 06 - The Interview — 24:16
7. 07 - Lambert Simnel — 8:01
8. 08 - The Battle of Newark — 22:29
9. 09 - The Discovery — 17:08
10. 10 - The Decoy — 19:59
11. 11 - The Escape — 22:27
12. 12 - The Exiles — 19:41
13. 13 - The Challenge — 19:06
14. 14 - Temptation — 13:50
15. 15 - The Traitor Punished — 22:35
16. 16 - The Landing at Cork — 15:06
17. 17 - New Friends — 18:17
18. 18 - The French Court — 14:56
19. 19 - The Token — 15:09
20. 20 - Clifford's Resolve — 15:01
21. 21 - The Conspiracy — 22:14
22. 22 - Treason — 13:36
23. 23 - Hernan De Faro — 21:01
24. 24 - The Traitor Unmasked — 18:07

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