Zarah the Cruel: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Zarah the Cruel, credited to Joan Conquest, 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 Zarah the Cruel by Joan Conquest. Read in English by fshort; Mary in Arkansas; Beth Blakely; Angela Jefferies; Dwarika; Jim Gallagher; Matthew Reece; Thomas Garner; Simona Perego; drwebber; Thoria; realisticspeakers; Lynne T As told to a group of Bedouins as they sit around the fire, this tale , set in the Arabian desert, tells of a Holy Man accused of murder, and forced to flee and lead a nomadic life until he can prove his innocence. Some listeners may be offended by the ideas presented in this text. This is a reflection of the thinking at the time it was written. It is Librivox policy to not censor works.( Lynne Thompson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Zarah the Cruel
• Author credits: Joan Conquest
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Combined MP3 track duration: 10:53:59

Catalogue topics

• murder
• exile
• arabian desert
• holy man

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 00 - Prologue — 22:40
2. 01 - I — 30:03
3. 02 - II — 14:21
4. 03 - III — 28:21
5. 04 - IV — 28:29
6. 05 - V — 15:07
7. 06 - VI — 22:25
8. 07 - VII — 30:10
9. 08 - VIII — 22:58
10. 09 - IX — 27:44
11. 10 - X — 25:22
12. 11 - XI — 25:40
13. 12 - XII — 23:09
14. 13 - XIII — 32:00
15. 14 - XIV — 26:52
16. 15 - XV — 33:08
17. 16 - XVI — 23:48
18. 17 - XVII — 20:36
19. 18 - XVIII — 42:00
20. 19 - XIX — 30:19
21. 20 - XX — 24:44
22. 21 - XXI — 37:44
23. 22 - XXII — 34:47
24. 23 - XXIII — 28:44

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