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Dickens Confidential Railway Kings & Darker Than You Think

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The young Charles Dickens started his career in journalism, and these two plays take an imaginative look at how his desire to bring the news to the masses could have introduced him to a world of crime and corruption. In Railway Kings, Dickens is Editor of campaigning weekly The Herald, and has just appointed a new Chief Correspondent. Young Jack Marshall's first task is to find out who is responsible for a tragic railway accident – an awkward investigation, for Railway King Joseph Paxton is a shareholder in the paper and his daughter, Agnes, is on the staff... Darker Than You Think sees The Herald's team embroiled in a series of grisly murders. Bodies are being discovered in the Thames with dreadful injuries, and Inspector Leavett wants the culprit found quickly. Jack is sent to investigate but Agnes seems more interested in her new beau, a pioneering doctor, than in following the progress of his leads...

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Publisher: BBC Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781408423929
  • File size: 41549 KB
  • Release date: June 10, 2009
  • Duration: 01:26:33

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781408423929
  • File size: 41650 KB
  • Release date: June 10, 2009
  • Duration: 01:26:32
  • Number of parts: 2

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English

The young Charles Dickens started his career in journalism, and these two plays take an imaginative look at how his desire to bring the news to the masses could have introduced him to a world of crime and corruption. In Railway Kings, Dickens is Editor of campaigning weekly The Herald, and has just appointed a new Chief Correspondent. Young Jack Marshall's first task is to find out who is responsible for a tragic railway accident – an awkward investigation, for Railway King Joseph Paxton is a shareholder in the paper and his daughter, Agnes, is on the staff... Darker Than You Think sees The Herald's team embroiled in a series of grisly murders. Bodies are being discovered in the Thames with dreadful injuries, and Inspector Leavett wants the culprit found quickly. Jack is sent to investigate but Agnes seems more interested in her new beau, a pioneering doctor, than in following the progress of his leads...

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  • Details

    Publisher:
    BBC Audio
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781408423929
    File size: 41549 KB
    Release date: June 10, 2009
    Duration: 01:26:33

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781408423929
    File size: 41650 KB
    Release date: June 10, 2009
    Duration: 01:26:32
    Number of parts: 2

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English