River of Souls
Jo Currington
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Embarrassing footage emerges from a shipwreck in Mounts Bay, dating back to the nineteenth century. The footage shows the skeleton of Captain Andrew Hamilton alongside two black women, a mother and daughter. The skeletons were chained up in the hold of the ship when it sank. The footage is doubly embarrassing because one relative of the captain is the Foreign Secretary, and his son is an MP. The captain was an acquaintance of Queen Victoria's wayward older son, Bertie. Navy divers are ordered to remove the evidence soon after it is discovered.
A tin of Captain Hamilton's possessions is held by an American university, which includes a map of the river Congo where Captain Hamiltion had been stationed, when he worked for the Belgians while exiled from the Navy in disgrace. Larh Thomas organises an expedition to the mission station, to try and recover the evidence which is held here. The professor has leant her two black students, a Nigerian man, and an American woman, eager to visit her roots. They are accompanied by a TV camera crew lead by a well known news reporter who has been suspended because of her links to the Hamiltons.
The expedition, funded by crowdfunding when the authorities get cold feet, hires an old boat and proceeds up river, but local gangsters become involved when diamonds are found at the mission. Africa's complicated past, and its links to the elite in England, combine with the DRC's complicated present, to create a powerful backdrop to the expedition. The team then have to extricate themselves safely from the political chaos they cause.
Duration - 6h 19m.
Author - Jo Currington.
Narrator - Digital Voice Ava G.
Published Date - Wednesday, 15 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2024 David Kail ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Jo Currington
Digital Voice Ava G
The Larh Thomas Mysteries
David Kail
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Embarrassing footage emerges from a shipwreck in Mounts Bay, dating back to the nineteenth century. The footage shows the skeleton of Captain Andrew Hamilton alongside two black women, a mother and daughter. The skeletons were chained up in the hold of the ship when it sank. The footage is doubly embarrassing because one relative of the captain is the Foreign Secretary, and his son is an MP. The captain was an acquaintance of Queen Victoria's wayward older son, Bertie. Navy divers are ordered to remove the evidence soon after it is discovered. A tin of Captain Hamilton's possessions is held by an American university, which includes a map of the river Congo where Captain Hamiltion had been stationed, when he worked for the Belgians while exiled from the Navy in disgrace. Larh Thomas organises an expedition to the mission station, to try and recover the evidence which is held here. The professor has leant her two black students, a Nigerian man, and an American woman, eager to visit her roots. They are accompanied by a TV camera crew lead by a well known news reporter who has been suspended because of her links to the Hamiltons. The expedition, funded by crowdfunding when the authorities get cold feet, hires an old boat and proceeds up river, but local gangsters become involved when diamonds are found at the mission. Africa's complicated past, and its links to the elite in England, combine with the DRC's complicated present, to create a powerful backdrop to the expedition. The team then have to extricate themselves safely from the political chaos they cause. Duration - 6h 19m. Author - Jo Currington. Narrator - Digital Voice Ava G. Published Date - Wednesday, 15 January 2025. Copyright - © 2024 David Kail ©.
Language:
English
Chapter One
Duration:00:06:40
Chapter Two
Duration:00:08:16
Chapter Three
Duration:00:04:35
Chapter Four
Duration:00:09:38
Chapter Five
Duration:00:05:48
Chapter Six
Duration:00:16:01
Chapter Seven
Duration:00:08:47
Chapter Eight
Duration:00:04:18
Chapter Nine
Duration:00:03:31
Chapter Ten
Duration:00:08:03
Chapter Eleven
Duration:00:11:30
Chapter Twelve
Duration:00:06:55
Chapter Thirteen
Duration:00:03:31
Chapter Fourteen
Duration:00:09:06
Chapter Fifteen
Duration:00:05:13
Chapter Sixteen
Duration:00:03:59
Chapter Seventeen
Duration:00:10:45
Chapter Eighteen
Duration:00:07:04
Chapter Nineteen
Duration:00:05:31
Chapter Twenty
Duration:00:05:36
Chapter Twenty One
Duration:00:05:15
Chapter Twenty Two
Duration:00:08:52
Chapter Twenty Three
Duration:00:06:41
Chapter Twenty Four
Duration:00:02:25
Chapter Twenty Five
Duration:00:03:30
Chapter Twenty Six
Duration:00:11:35
Chapter Twenty Seven
Duration:00:05:33
Chapter Twenty Eight
Duration:00:17:56
Chapter Twenty Nine
Duration:00:04:38
Chapter Thirty
Duration:00:05:12
Chapter Thirty One
Duration:00:05:58
Chapter Thirty Two
Duration:00:04:36
Chapter Thirty Three
Duration:00:09:13
Chapter Thirty Four
Duration:00:12:06
Chapter Thirty Five
Duration:00:04:07
Chapter Thirty Six
Duration:00:13:10
Chapter Thirty Seven
Duration:00:15:20
Chapter Thirty Eight
Duration:00:10:30
Chapter Thirty Nine
Duration:00:09:39
Chapter Forty
Duration:00:09:30
Chapter Forty One
Duration:00:20:09
Chapter Forty Two
Duration:00:08:12
Chapter Forty Three
Duration:00:06:43
Chapter Forty Four
Duration:00:04:28
Chapter Forty Five
Duration:00:05:56
Chapter Forty Six
Duration:00:07:43
Chapter Forty Seven
Duration:00:06:58
Chapter Forty Eight
Duration:00:08:18