The Cruise of the Esmeralda

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English · 1894 · 10h 29m · Action & Adventure, Nautical & Marine Fiction

4.6 (128 critiques)

After his father died, Captain Saint Leger and his family are left destitute. However, the Saint Legers have a family secret: an ancestor is said to have buried a vast fortune in gold and jewels somewhere in the Eastern Seas. The catch: all directions are encrypted. Nevertheless, Captain Saint Leger decides to take a chance and sails east. A journey full of adventure begins, including pirates, storms and mutiny... (Summary by Carolin)

Chapitres

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Chapter I - The Story of the Buried Treasure 19:45 Lu par Christopher Webber
Chapter II - The Cryptogram 22:49 Lu par Christopher Webber
Chapter III - 'The Esmeralda' 33:00 Lu par Christopher Webber
Chapter IV - In Blue Water, Part 1 22:21 Lu par Christopher Webber
Chapter IV - In Blue Water, Part 2 21:43 Lu par Christopher Webber
Chapter V - A Wreck and a Rescue, Part 1 20:25 Lu par Christopher Webber
Chapter V - A Wreck and a Rescue, Part 2 22:33 Lu par Christopher Webber
Chapter VI - The Tragedy on Board the 'City of Calcutta' 33:09 Lu par Marty
Chapter VII - The Strange Fate of the 'Northern Queen' 30:34 Lu par Mike Pelton
Chapter VIII - The Chief Mate has a Presentiment 29:53 Lu par Mike Pelton
Chapter IX - An Eventful Night 32:47 Lu par Mike Pelton
Chapter X - On a Lee-Shore 27:01 Lu par Mike Pelton
Chapter XI - A Ghastly Waif of the Sea 28:37 Lu par Arie
Chapter XII - The Solution of the Cryptogram 29:41 Lu par Arie
Chapter XIII - The New Crew, Part 1 21:13 Lu par Marty
Chapter XIII - The New Crew, Part 2 18:12 Lu par Marty
Chapter XIV - Plot and Counterplot 28:40 Lu par Dave Wills
Chapter XV - We Arrive at the Treasure Island 36:22 Lu par Dave Wills
Chapter XVI - The Finding of the Treasure: And What Followed 27:29 Lu par Marty
Chapter XVII - The Recapture of the Barque 29:34 Lu par Dave Wills
Chapter XVIII - A Pacific Hurricane 29:57 Lu par Dave Wills
Chapter XIX - In Dire Extremity 29:44 Lu par Marty
Chapter XX - The End of the Adventure 34:19 Lu par MaryAnn

Critiques

Bravo from Borneo


(5 étoiles)

I am so pleased to have come across this author and look forward to more of his work. This book is a delightful tale of a sea voyage and the perils experienced by the captain and his crew and passengers. I particularly appreciated the detail provided in sailing the nimble vessel. There are many challenges and events so very well created and described and the characters are well formed. I must pay tribute to the narrators who each did a tremendous job. I really liked this book.

Hate to give 4 stars


(4 étoiles)

I am so happy to have discovered the author, Harry Collingwood. All of his books that I've listened to here have kept my attention and have been very entertaining. Four stars rather than five because of (& I'm sorry to point a finger) Christopher, the reader of the first few chapters. It's like he's doing a dramatic, sarcastic imitation of William Shatner's (Captain Kirk) method of speaking in short spurts of 1-3 words with lots of unnecessary pauses. I just wanted to tell him to relax, calm down, & don't be so dramatic!

wonderful


(5 étoiles)

great story with good verbosity and economy balanced by the author. the readers are varied and are all fine

Poorly narrated.


(1 étoile)

Some of the narrators are not at all pleasing to listen to...they totally spoil the work.

Great yarn, lots of fun...many twists and turns in a real potboiler.


(3.5 étoiles)

Excellent sea tale I can't wait to read the next book


(5 étoiles)


(3 étoiles)

A simple but compelling story. Unfortunately several of the readers were obviously not sailors so many words were mispronounced which detracted a little from the listening pleasure.

A great read


(5 étoiles)

Keep the sea adventure tales coming, love them! super job! Thanks readers!