The Coming of the King

audiobook

The Coming of the King

by Joseph Hocking

EN·~10 hours·32 chapters

Chapters

32 total
1

THE COMING OF THE KING - By JOSEPH HOCKING - Author of "All Men are Liars" "The Scarlet Woman" "A Flame of Fire" etc., etc. - ILLUSTRATIONS BY GRENVILLE MANTON

0:16
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CHAPTER I - THE COMING OF KATHARINE HARCOMB

20:08
3

CHAPTER II - THE SECRET OF THE BLACK BOX

20:21
4

CHAPTER III - THE KING'S MARRIAGE CONTRACT

22:02
5

CHAPTER IV - THE HAPPENING AT THE INN

19:35
6

CHAPTER V - A MIDNIGHT MEETING

17:29
7

CHAPTER VI - THE OLD HOUSE AT PYCROFT

20:47
8

CHAPTER VII - THE MYSTERY OF PYCROFT

20:37
9

CHAPTER VIII - HOW I ENTERED PYCROFT

21:07
10

CHAPTER IX - FATHER SOLOMON AT BAY

20:01

Description

A reflective voice from the mid‑seventeenth century guides listeners through a world split between Royalists and Parliamentarians, where loyalty is a fragile commodity. The narrator, raised by a father who once poured his wealth into the king’s cause only to be betrayed, records the personal fallout of a nation at war. Through candid diary entries, the story captures the bitterness of a gentleman stripped of his estate and the uneasy neutrality he tries to maintain.

Amid this turmoil, the young son clings to optimism, convinced that opportunity will arise to restore his family’s honor and secure his future. His determination sets the stage for a quest that intertwines personal ambition with the larger political upheaval. Listeners will be drawn into a richly detailed portrait of a turbulent era, seen through the eyes of someone who both witnessed and participated in its most stirring moments.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~10 hours (600K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Thierry Alberto, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2011-08-11

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Joseph Hocking

Joseph Hocking

1860–1937

A Cornish novelist and Methodist minister, he wrote popular stories that blended adventure, faith, and strong moral choices. During his lifetime he was a widely read figure, with Cornwall and its people often close to the heart of his fiction.

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