The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
Mar 2023 · Naxos of America, Inc. · Narrated by Bill Homewood
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19 hr 44 min
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The year is 1866; the American Civil War is at its height. Five prisoners of war hatch an audacious plan to escape their camp by balloon. After a perilous 6,000-mile journey in a fierce storm, they are ‘shipwrecked’ on an unknown Pacific island. What follows is a thrilling tale of resourcefulness, courage and suspense. Together with our heroes we learn to hunt, to make weapons and pottery, to calculate our position by the sun, to extract iron and even to make explosives from the island’s remarkable natural resources. As in all Verne’s novels, the plot is packed with unexpected and tantalising mysteries – above all, who is the invisible benefactor who repeatedly saves our heroes from certain death?
About the author
Bill Homewood is known for his innumerable television performances and leading credits in the West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His other recordings for Naxos AudioBooks have won many awards. They include She, The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Misérables and four other novels by Jules Verne, including 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. Bill has also published six collections of poetry including Painting with Words (Mimosa Books, 2021).
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