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When William Came
by Saki
We have had many novels about alternate histories, often of the ‘What would have happened if Hitler had won the war’ type and this is another – except that this one is set in 1913 and the ‘William’ of the title is that old bogeyman ‘Kaiser Bill’. For some reason, at the height of Britain’s power, the fear of invasion was common at that time. (See ‘The Riddle of the Sands’, ‘The Battle of Dorking’, ‘Spies of the Kaiser’ or even ‘The War of the Worlds’)
WARNING:- Contains mild anti-semitism and jingoism typical of the period (Summary by Andy Minter)
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Total running time: 5:21:38
Read by Andy Minter
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- 01 Ch. 1 The Singing-Bird and the Barometer – 00:20:06
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[ogg vorbis - 10.6MB] - 02 Ch. 2 The Homecoming – 00:08:33
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[ogg vorbis - 4.4MB] - 03 Ch. 3 The Metski Tsar – 00:25:39
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[ogg vorbis - 11.3MB] - 04 Ch. 4 ‘Es Ist Verboten’ – 00:16:47
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[ogg vorbis - 8.9MB] - 05 Ch. 5 ‘L’Art D’etre Cousine’ – 00:12:33
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[ogg vorbis - 6.0MB] - 06 Ch. 6 Herr Von Kwaal – 00:19:46
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[ogg vorbis - 10.6MB] - 07 Ch. 7 The Lure – 00:14:20
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[ogg vorbis - 7.6MB] - 08 Ch. 8 The First Night – 00:19:22
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[ogg vorbis - 10.2MB] - 09 Ch. 9 An Evening ‘To Be Remembered’ – 00:17:46
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[ogg vorbis - 9.3MB] - 10 Ch. 10 Some Reflections and a ‘Te Deum’ – 00:14:24
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[ogg vorbis - 7.6MB] - 11 Ch. 11 The Teashop – 00:22:42
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[ogg vorbis - 11.9MB] - 12 Ch. 12 The Travelling Companions – 00:15:49
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[ogg vorbis - 8.3MB] - 13 Ch. 13 Torywood – 00:17:58
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[ogg vorbis - 9.4MB] - 14 Ch. 14 ‘A Perfectly Glorious Afternoon’ – 00:22:01
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[ogg vorbis - 11.4MB] - 15 Ch. 15 The Intelligent Anticipator of Wants – 00:14:53
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[ogg vorbis - 7.9MB] - 16 Ch. 16 Sunrise – 00:09:40
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[ogg vorbis - 5.0MB] - 17 Ch. 17 The Event of the Season – 00:10:34
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[ogg vorbis - 5.6MB] - 18 Ch. 18 The Dead Who Do Not Understand – 00:19:07
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[ogg vorbis - 10.2MB] - 19 Ch. 19 When William Came – 00:19:38
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Cataloged on April 21, 2008













