AuthorEleanor Updale
NarratorStephen Fry
SeriesMontmorency, Book 1
Duration5h 11m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS3
PublisherChivers
VersionUnabridged
Fleeing across a roof on a dark night in Victorian London, a thief crashes through a glass skylight to almost certain death. But an ambitious young doctor revives and reconstructs his shattered body, proudly showing off his handiwork at the Scientific Society where the city's intelligentsia meet. It's there that the robber picks up the key to a new existence, and on his release from prison begins to lead a double life. He becomes both the respectable, wealthy Montmorency and his degenerate servant, Scarper - while the police are baffled by a wave of mysterious and seemingly unstoppable thefts... But Montmorency must be on his guard at every moment. The smallest mistake could reveal his secret and destroy both his lives. Includes interview with the author.
Author: Eleanor Updale
Author Eleanor Updale
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesMontmorency, Book 2
Duration 8h 5m
The sequel to 'Montmorency' sees the flawed hero back in London, five years after giving up his life of crime in the sewers. But his evil alter ego, Scarper, is back too, pulling him into a dark world of addiction. Some respite on a Scottish island throws up another mystery, with the discovery of a row of tiny graves. As Montmorency struggles to re...
View BookAn Interview With Eleanor Updale
Author: Listening Books, Eleanor Updale
Author Listening Books, Eleanor Updale
Narrator Eleanor Updale
Duration 0m
Eleanor Updale is the author of the Montmorency series among other children's titles. The series can be found in the library, read by our Patron, Stephen Fry.
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