The Council of Justice (Unabridged)

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Release Date: 19th Jul 2011
Catalogue No: NA0030
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Edgar Wallace: The Council of Justice (Unabridged)

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Recording Venue: Motivation Sound Studios, London

Chapter 1: The Red Hundred

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There were three delegates from Baden, Herr Schmidt…

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Two men stumbled into the car, one dumbfounded and silent…

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The air of the crowded hall struck the two men in the face…

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So her fame had grown until her father died and she went to…

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Chapter 2: The Fourth Man

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The detective jumped at the opportunity.

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They passed through the crowd that had gathered about the hall…

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'Enthusiast, dreamer and intellectual, of course,' said Gonsalez…

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In Middlesex Street, in the almost emptied hall, Falmouth stood.

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Chapter 3: Jesson Alias Long

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It may be observed that 'Mr. Long' at the threshold of the house…

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Nobody rose to greet the newcomers. The flashy man nodded…

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It would not be fair to follow Jesson through the elaborate…

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Chapter 4: The Red Bean

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He was one of the seven that gathered in the dingy…

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Starque stabbed the list before him with a thick forefinger.

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He had to invent a story that would pass muster.

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So complete and inexplicable was the chill that had come to…

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Chapter 5: The Council Of Justice

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Bartholomew had regained a little of his self assurance.

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'Here, wake up!' Somebody was shaking his arm…

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If Bartholomew's need for cutting himself adrift…

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Chapter 6: Princess Revolutionary

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Bartholomew took a fresh grip of the chair.

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He saw her, standing near the body of the man…

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Chapter 7: The Government and Mr. Jessen

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It was subsequent to Mr. Jessen's visit to the Home Office…

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The detective remembered that this hereditary Prince…

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Chapter 8: An Incident In The Fight

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That night His Highness arrived promptly at eight o'clock…

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Carlos Ferdinand Bourbon, Prince of the Escorial…

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Chapter 9: The Four Versus The Hundred

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'It's a humiliating confession,' said the chief commissioner…

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Thereafter Von Dunop was not permitted to enjoy his walk…

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Chapter 10: The Trial

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It was in the Lodge Room of the Pride of Millwall, AOSA…

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After this, the sum of his transgressions was pronounced…

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The power of the Red Hundred was broken.

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'There are two ways of writing about the police, Sir…'

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Chapter 11: Manfred

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'Come in,' he said, in answer to the knock.

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'What is it you see that displeases you?' he asked.

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Still he made no sign, sitting there all huddled in the big…

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Chapter 12: In Wandsworth Jail

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Manfred refused to plead 'guilty' or 'not guilty'.

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The governor, still frowning thoughtfully, left the cell.

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He might have been tried at the sessions following his committal…

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Armed with the authority of the Home Secretary came…

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Chapter 13: The Rational Faithers

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Poiccart made no response. 'He is also the head…'

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His pause was so long that Poiccart interjected an…

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The hotel was well surrounded by midnight, but so skillfully…

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Chapter 14: At The Old Bailey…

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So he went on to speak of the Four Just Men who had founded…

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'You come to speak on behalf of the accused?' asked the judge.

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'Let me put another case. Suppose you governed…'

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The court was so still that he could hear the scratchings of…

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'It would be madness to expect a civilized country…'

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Chapter 15: Chelmsford

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He woke with the chief warder's hand on his arm…

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The detached house facing the prison was fortunately…

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Until 6 o'clock these men rested – as men must rest…

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Another silence, and then Leon resumed…

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Chapter 16: The Execution

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Three days before the date fixed for the execution…

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He was accurate in his surmise. At the eleventh hour…

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Manfred felt himself caught in a net, deft hands…

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The Council of Justice (Unabridged)

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