The Sacred Herb: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Sacred Herb by Fergus Hume: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 27 original MP3 tracks, 10:00:59 running time and a link to listen.
The Sacred Herb, 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 Sacred Herb by Fergus Hume. Read in English by Sharon Kilmer A rich playboy comes home from travels abroad and is bully-ragged by his eccentric aunt into finding meaning for his life. This he does by helping a school chum save his fiancée from the gallows and the playboy falls head over heels in love with the fiancée. A web of deception and lies is revealed and also a long list of who loves who filled with how much each is willing to accept. The colorful cast includes a south sea captain, a fortuneteller, and a colorful doctor who is an authority on the inhabitants and customs of Easter Island. Then, of course, there is the sacred herb!—Enjoy!! (Summary by Sharon Kilmer)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Sacred Herb
- Author credits: Fergus Hume
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 27
- Listed recording duration: 10:00:59
Catalogue topics
- fiction
- Mystery
- Crime
Opening tracks: first 24 of 27
- 01 - The Latest Sensation — 20:15
- 02 - The Trial — 21:09
- 03 - The Paper-Cutter — 23:02
- 04 - Evidencer for the Prosecution — 20:33
- 05 - Mrs. Rover's Masked Ball — 24:27
- 06 - A Startling Discovery — 21:08
- 07 - Shepworth Explains — 21:17
- 08 - A Private Explanation — 23:23
- 09 - Dr. Horace — 23:39
- 10 - The Verdict — 22:32
- 11 - Dr. Horace's Warning — 20:53
- 12 - Mrs. Dolly Rover — 21:47
- 13 - Lanwin Grange — 25:40
- 14 - Mrs. Blexey's Opinion — 20:37
- 15 - Jadby Plays a Card — 23:24
- 16 - Dr. Horace Intervenes — 22:49
- 17 - The Old, Old Story — 24:52
- 18 - The Power of the Herb — 26:06
- 19 - Circumstantial Evidence — 25:12
- 20 - Mr. Rover Explains — 21:53
- 21 - A Possible Scandal — 24:05
- 22 - The Unexpected — 24:14
- 23 - Helpless — 21:45
- 24 - The Beginning of the End — 21:19
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