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    King of Alsander (Dramatic Reading)
    King of Alsander (Dramatic Reading)
    King of Alsander (Dramatic Reading)
    Audiobook7 hours

    King of Alsander (Dramatic Reading)

    Written by James Elroy Flecker

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    First published in 1914, the King of Alsander is the only novel by James Elroy Flecker, best known as a poet, but also a noted scholar, linguist and diplomat. Flecker's love of learning, language and travel, and his keen satirical insight into politics are all in evidence in this phantasmagoric tale. As the author himself describes it: Here is a tale all romance - a tale such as only a Poet can write for you, O appreciative and generous Public - a tale of madmen, kings, scholars, grocers, consuls, and Jews: a tale with two heroines, both of an extreme and indescribable beauty: a tale of the South and of sunshine, wherein will be found disguises, mysteries, conspiracies, fights, at least one good whipping, and plenty of blood and love and absurdity: a very old sort of tale: a tale as joyously improbable as life itself. - Summary by Algy Pug

    Cast list:
    Norman Price: Phil Benson
    John Oggs: Phil Benson
    Labourer: Phil Benson
    Mrs Gaffekin: Michele Eaton
    Nancy: Michele Eaton
    Peronella: Michele Eaton
    Malsprita: Michele Eaton
    Guard: Michele Eaton
    Crowd: Michele Eaton
    Vicar: Patrick Wallace
    Old Man: Patrick Wallace
    William Price: Patrick Wallace
    Canthrop: Patrick Wallace
    Cesano: Patrick Wallace
    Wizened Man: Patrick Wallace
    Consul: Patrick Wallace
    Vorza: Patrick Wallace
    Colonel: Patrick Wallace
    Vicar’s Daughter: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Widow Prasko: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Shopkeeper: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    President: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Arnolfo: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Ianthe: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Drakina: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Cuvas: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Peter Smith: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Lady: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    John Gaffekin: Alan Weyman
    King: Alan Weyman
    Butler: Alan Weyman
    Doctor: Alan Weyman
    Clerk: Alan Weyman
    Makzelo: Alan Weyman
    Father Algio: Alan Weyman
    Captain of the Guard: Alan Weyma
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    King of Alsander (Dramatic Reading)

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