

The Little Duke
Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
Narrator: David Thorn
Unabridged: 4 hr 21 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks
Published: 02/20/2014
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
Narrator: David Thorn
Unabridged: 4 hr 21 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks
Published: 02/20/2014
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901) was a prolific British novelist and magazine editor, best known for her work in children’s literature. She taught Sunday school for seventy-one years and her novels express the same values she shared with her students—courage and self-sacrifice for a greater good.
David Thorn spent his childhood in the Channel Islands off the coast of France, was schooled in England, and then immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-three. He is retired from international commerce and currently resides in California.
As a long-time fan of Charlotte Yonge, I thought it was about time to read one of her better known books, even though I'm mostly interested in her as a chronicler of mid-Victorian family life, and not as a writer of historical fiction. It took me some time to get into the story, because at the outse......more
I read this with my AO Year 2 student and we adored it. The ending was really timely for me. One of the last chapters dealt with Carloman’s death and it brought back a flood of memories of the exact moment my mother passed away just one short month ago. It was a painful, cathartic, and tender moment......more
third family read aloud of the year. I cried again at the end- this is a must read!......more
What a powerful story of the making of a great man, Richard the Fearless. The conclusion said his only fear was doing wrong. The ending made me cry as he lived out his father’s prayer for him, that he would be a man of mercy and forgiveness.......more