Dead Men Tell No Tales


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4 stars; 41 reviews)

Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 – March 22, 1921) was an English author. Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, and was born in Middlesbrough. He was educated at Uppingham during some of the later years of its great headmaster, Edward Thring. He spent most of his life in England and France, but in 1884 left for Australia and stayed for two years where he working as a tutor at Mossgiel station. Although his Australian experience had been so short, it coloured most of his literary work from A Bride from the Bush published in 1899, to Old Offenders and a few Old Scores, which appeared after his death. After he returned from Australia in 1886, he married Constance Doyle, the sister of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1893. (Wikipedia) (6 hr 10 min)

Chapitres

LOVE ON THE OCEAN 18:21 Lu par Cori Samuel
THE MYSTERIOUS CARGO 25:57 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
TO THE WATER'S EDGE 11:31 Lu par Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
THE SILENT SEA 12:40 Lu par Robin Cotter
MY REWARD 14:29 Lu par Nichole Karl
THE SOLE SURVIVOR 11:34 Lu par Nichole Karl
I FIND A FRIEND 17:01 Lu par Belinda Brown
A SMALL PRECAUTION 11:56 Lu par Gesine
MY CONVALESCENT HOME 14:15 Lu par Nichole Karl
WINE AND WEAKNESS 26:13 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
I LIVE AGAIN 16:07 Lu par Nichole Karl
MY LADY'S BIDDING 14:14 Lu par Nichole Karl
THE LONGEST DAY OF MY LIFE 21:38 Lu par Kristine Bekere
IN THE GARDEN 23:46 Lu par Kristine Bekere
FIRST BLOOD 15:58 Lu par Kristine Bekere
A DEADLOCK 18:48 Lu par Lucie Nadejova
THIEVES FALL OUT 21:34 Lu par Susan Umpleby
A MAN OF MANY MURDERS 22:57 Lu par Maire Rhode
MY GREAT HOUR 25:01 Lu par Grumpy Old Squid
THE STATEMENT OF FRANCIS RATTRAY 26:43 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)

Critiques

Excellent mystery/adventure


(4 stars)

A ship carrying secret cargo sinks under mysterious circumstances, and Mr Cole is the only survivor. This breaks his heart, especially since he had met the lady of his dreams on the ship. Then, while convalescing, he sees someone who he thinks was someone from the ship. Confused, he decides to take up a friend's offer to rest in the countryside, which leads only to more mystery and more appearances of people who were thought dead. Is he seeing things, or is there something more sinister to the mystery of the sunken ship? Mixed readers, but no complaints. I enjoyed the story very much.

An excellent story


(3 stars)

I greatly enjoyed this book and on the whole it was well read. Sadly chapters two, ten and twenty are read by one of LibriVox's worst readers. I would have given the book 5 stars had someone else been chosen to read these three chapters.

A confusing last chaper


(4 stars)

Was Cole talking about himself or reading from the letter from squire? Never was very clear to me.

I quit listeniing


(2 stars)

Chapter 4 has such a horrible hum I gave it up. How do they let such things slide.