Prester John
John Buchan
This classic adventure novel by the author of Greenmantle and The Thirty-Nine Steps relates the first-person exploits of young David Crawfurd before the age of twenty.
As a boy growing up on the coast of Scotland, minister's son Davie and two friends were pursued with murderous intent along the cliffs one night by John Laputa, a visiting black African preacher, whom they had witnessed performing un-Christian rites round a campfire on the beach. A few years later, when his father's death forces Davie to quit college and join the tribe of wandering Scots, our hero finds himself in South Africa, assistant shopkeeper in a seemingly sleepy back-veldt store. There he re-encounters Laputa, now charismatic leader of an incipient native uprising, secretly preaching the incendiary creed of "Africa for the Africans," and proclaiming himself heir to the mantle of Prester John, a legendary 15th-century Christian king of Ethiopia.
Can young Davie possibly penetrate the megalomaniac's mountain stronghold, foil the insurrection, prevent a massacre of white settlers, and make off with the rebels' war-chest of gold and diamonds? It's going to take some doing - and not a little derring-do!
Author - John Buchan.
Narrator - LibriVox Community.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
This classic adventure novel by the author of Greenmantle and The Thirty-Nine Steps relates the first-person exploits of young David Crawfurd before the age of twenty. As a boy growing up on the coast of Scotland, minister's son Davie and two friends were pursued with murderous intent along the cliffs one night by John Laputa, a visiting black African preacher, whom they had witnessed performing un-Christian rites round a campfire on the beach. A few years later, when his father's death forces Davie to quit college and join the tribe of wandering Scots, our hero finds himself in South Africa, assistant shopkeeper in a seemingly sleepy back-veldt store. There he re-encounters Laputa, now charismatic leader of an incipient native uprising, secretly preaching the incendiary creed of "Africa for the Africans," and proclaiming himself heir to the mantle of Prester John, a legendary 15th-century Christian king of Ethiopia. Can young Davie possibly penetrate the megalomaniac's mountain stronghold, foil the insurrection, prevent a massacre of white settlers, and make off with the rebels' war-chest of gold and diamonds? It's going to take some doing - and not a little derring-do! Author - John Buchan. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:26:29
Chapter 2
Duration:00:29:49
Chapter 3
Duration:00:21:46
Chapter 4
Duration:00:23:30
Chapter 5
Duration:00:14:06
Chapter 6
Duration:00:21:01
Chapter 7
Duration:00:28:55
Chapter 8
Duration:00:14:18
Chapter 9
Duration:00:17:50
Chapter 10
Duration:00:12:55
Chapter 11
Duration:00:21:19
Chapter 12
Duration:00:24:56
Chapter 13
Duration:00:11:21
Chapter 14
Duration:00:22:43
Chapter 15
Duration:00:16:44
Chapter 16
Duration:00:20:52
Chapter 17
Duration:00:24:41
Chapter 18
Duration:00:15:05
Chapter 19
Duration:00:20:05
Chapter 20
Duration:00:20:42
Chapter 21
Duration:00:22:56
Chapter 22
Duration:00:20:21
Chapter 23
Duration:00:12:13