Author: St. Clare Audio

Treasure Island is a rousing tale of “buccaneers and buried gold”. Likely the most popular and well known pirate story ever written, the famed novel is an iconic view into the life of pirates of old. Follow along with the extraordinary tale of a boy, Jim Hawkins, who chances to come into possession of Captain Flint’s treasure map, after a buccaneer takes a room at Jim’s father’s inn and later dies. The map spreads its ill luck to all who know of it. A local squire outfits a ship to voyage to the Treasure Island, unearth the treasure, and bring it home. Little does he suspect, however, that the man he has hired aboard as cook was formerly Flint’s quartermaster, the deceitful and disloyal, greedy and visceral Long John Silver, who then connives to hire many of his old mates. Once ashore, pirates being pirates, what follows is a mutiny. Jim and a handful of honest men find themselves harried and hunted by the rest of the crew, leaving the listener on the edge of their seat. The pirate treasure, amassed by so much blood and death, is about to reach out and claim more victims! The unexpected and complex relationship that develops between Silver and Jim helps transform what starts out as just another pirate adventure story, into a deeply moving study of a boy’s growth into manhood. As the story evolves, Jim learns hard lessons about friendship, loyalty, courage, and honor, as well as the uncertain meaning of good and evil.

7 Hours and 26 Minutes

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Some of the best loved legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are set forth in this edition, recounted by one of the world’s great storytellers. This collection includes many of the best-loved tales: How young Arthur drew the sword from the stone and became king, his meeting with the Lady of the Lake and acquisition of the mighty sword Excalibur, the death of Merlin, Lancelot and Guinevere, and tales of the great favorites Sir Galahad, Sir Gawaine, Sir Bors, and of course, Sir Lancelot. An engaging introduction to the chivalrous tales of Camelot and it’s irresistible lore.

4 Hours and 15 Minutes

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The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays remarkable resilience and ingenuity in making the best of what they’ve been dealt with. Trusting deeply in God, the family, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four sons, undertake to make a livable home, and provide for their needs, gathering and making use of all they can from the bounteous ship’s stores, as well as the natural abundance available on the island. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe, weave cloth, irrigate a garden, and turn an immense hollow tree into a lofty house with a spiral staircase. They domesticate buffaloes, wild asses, and monkeys, as well as, establishing farms and plantations. Not wanting to keep things all peace and bliss, the author throws in a bit of adventure with encounters with terrifying creatures and an alarming run in with natives from a nearby island.

The years go by, the family comes to greatly love the life they’ve built on the island, founding a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. The language of the book is charming and delightful, the tales colorful, creative, and exciting. A wonderful read from a time when family values were in the right place and believing in, living for, and praying to God was not faux-pas.

12 Hours and 32 Minutes

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Sir Nigel, is a historical novel set during the early phase of the Hundred Years’ War, spanning the years 1350 to 1356, written by the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The tale at its outset, traces the fortunes of the family of Loring of the Manor of Tilford in Surrey, many of whose scions had been prominent in the service of the Norman and Angevin Kings of England, against the backdrop of the Black Death. Now the House of Loring has fallen on hard times, as the greedy Monks of Waverley have bled all of the Loring wealth dry. Even the manor house will have to go to pay their debts. Then a chance encounter with the King of England provides Nigel, the last of the Lorings, with the chance to seek his fortune in the constant wars with France. More importantly for Nigel, it also means that he may be able to do the “three small deeds” that will show he is worthy to ask for the hand of the Lady Mary in marriage. Filled with chivalry, humor, and high romance, Sir Nigel is all that a book about the days of knights, lords, and ladies should be!

12 Hours

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In the year 1792, the French Revolution has reached its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republic, when the guillotine begins to be cheated of aristocratic victims time and time-again, due to a series of daring rescues carried out by a mysterious hero known only as “The Scarlet Pimpernel.” Nothing is known about this person, save that he is a master of disguise, has saved dozens of lives, and has never been caught. He is the hero of the aristocrats, the bane of the Republic, and the talk of high society across the channel in England. As the absurd and foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, the leader of English fashion, puts it, “They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere! Is he in Heaven or is he in Hell, that demmed elusive Pimpernel?” And no one is more interested in uncovering the mystery surrounding this hero than Sir Percy’s wife, the young French actress Marguerite St. Just, to whom the fate of the Scarlet Pimpernel may mean everything.

7 Hours and 40 Minutes

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The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is the engaging and faith-filled sequel to Robinson Crusoe. We find our hero bored with his prosperity and consumed by an irrepressible desire to return to the island he left many years before. After the death of his wife, Robinson Crusoe, now free to fulfill his longing, sets out with his faithful companion Friday to see his beloved island once again. Thus begins a journey which will last ten years and nine months, in which Crusoe travels over the world, along the way facing dangers and discoveries in Madagascar, China, and Siberia.

9 Hours and 7 Minutes.

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Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character, Robinson Crusoe, is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted”; not just making do with what happens to you, but prospering in whatever circumstances you face. Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to civilization. However, Crusoe determines to chance his luck a second time when, after sweating his way to prosperity as a planter in Brazil, he undertakes a voyage that isn’t needful… and is marooned on a small island off South America. Crusoe makes the best of the situation: lacking anything but knife, some tobacco, and a pipe he cleverly finds ways to feed, shelter, and clothe himself. His ardent wish is to escape his island – (why is it that the only people who come there are cannibals?!), but, he spends more than two decades in isolation before acquiring a sidekick – the man Friday you’ve probably heard of. And who would guess his way to salvation would depend on leading a last-ditch fight against a shipful of mutineers?

11 Hours and 18 Minutes

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One of the most well-known and best-loved characters in classic literature, the man who robbed from the rich to give to the poor, comes alive in these adventurous tales. This version of Robin Hood includes twenty-four tales of our beloved hero as he recruits his merry men, and the many adventures they have along the way: defying the brutality of the Sheriff of Nottingham, ruthless Prince John, and other authority figures in and around Sherwood Forest. Rarely included by most authors of Robin Hood tales, McSpadden includes Robin’s early life and later years, as well. The reader is given a good idea when the stories are set, and it is explained why Robin lives as an outlaw, which is a rarity in adaptations aimed at children. Lively episodes introduce each of the famous merry men and other colorful characters, including the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham, lovely Maid Marian, and King Richard the Lionhearted.

5 Hours and 56 Minutes

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Taking place during the American Civil War, The Red Badge of Courage is the story of a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a “red badge of courage,” to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry takes courage and becomes one of the best fighters in his battalion as well as taking up the flag for his regiment as standard-bearer. The novel is known for its distinctive style, which includes realistic battle sequences as well as the repeated use of color imagery, and ironic tone. Separating itself from a traditional war narrative, Crane’s story reflects the inner experience of its protagonist (a soldier fleeing from combat) rather than the external world around him. With enduring ability to hold the reader’s attention The Red Badge of Courage still stands as a landmark of American fiction.

4 Hours and 40 Minutes.

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The Mysterious Island tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. A story of castaways, similar to Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, the story begins in the American Civil War, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. As famine and death ravage the city, five Northern prisoners of war decide to escape by the unusual means of hijacking a balloon. After flying in stormy weather for several days, the group crash-lands on a cliff-bound, volcanic, unknown (and fictitious) island. With the knowledge of the brilliant engineer Smith, the five are able to sustain themselves on the island, producing fire, pottery, bricks, nitroglycerin, iron, a simple electric telegraph, a home on a stony cliffside called “Granite House”, and even a seaworthy ship, which they name the “Bonaventure” (in honor of Pencroff, the driving force behind its construction). However, there is a mystery on the island in the form of an unseen deus ex machina, responsible for Cyrus’ survival after falling from the balloon, the mysterious rescue of Top from a dugong, the appearance of a box of equipment (guns and ammunition, tools, etc.), and other seemingly inexplicable occurrences. Only later do they find they have a hidden benefactor: Captain Nemo, of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, who resides, alone, secretly on the island. In time, the tiny colony becomes so prosperous that it is able to rescue another castaway from an island a hundred miles away. But all their work will come to naught – their island’s volcano is about to awake! The colonists, forewarned of the eruption by Nemo, find themselves safe but stranded on the last remaining piece of the island above sea level. Will they be rescued, or will all their struggles to survive and accomplishments be for naught?

21 Hours and 41 Minutes

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