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Wilkie Collins

Armadale

Read by Nicholas Boulton with Rachel Atkins, John Foley, David Rintoul, John Sackville & Lucy Scott

unabridged

Two young men linked by a familial murder mystery, a beautiful yet wicked governess who spins a web of deceit, and five individuals named Allan Armadale: Wilkie Collins’s follow-up to The Woman in White and No Name is an innovative take on mistaken identity, the nature of evil and the dark underbelly of Victorian England. The story concerns two distant cousins, both named Allan Armadale, and the impact of a family tragedy, which makes one of them a target of the murderous Lydia Gwilt, a vicious and malevolent charmer determined to get her hands on the Armadale fortune. Will the real Allan Armadale be revealed, and will he survive the plot against his life?

Running Time: 30 h 02 m

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Digital ISBN:	978-1-78198-262-4
Cat. no.:	NA0409
Download size:	684 MB
Produced by:	John Foley
Executive Producer:	Anthony Anderson
Edited by:	Timothy Brown
BISAC:	FIC004000
BIC:	FC
Released:	March 2020

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Rachel Atkins: Anne Milroy, Maria Oldershaw
David Rintoul: Mr Darch, David Milroy, Felix Bashwood, Mr Stapleton, Mr Neal
John Sackville: Allan Armadale, Decimus Brock, James Bashwood, Ozias Midwinter
Lucy Scott: Lydia Gwilt, Eleanor Milroy