To Herat and Cabul

By: G.A. Henty

Narrated by: Stuart Langton

When 16-year-old Angus Campbell finds himself orphaned and his life at risk, he leaves Tabriz and makes his way to Teheran to seek employment with the British ambassador there. His knowledge of Persian, Arabic, Armenian, Kurdish, and Pushtoo secures him a post as a secretary for Mr. M'Neill.

Resourceful and intrepid, he soon finds himself involved in a number of dangerous and daring undercover missions during what has come to be called the First Afghan War. On one of these missions he rescues from certain death a young Afghan chief, and the friendship that develops between them has surprising consequences.

(P)2003 Blackstone Audiobooks

good book, recording needs some fixes

Like one of the previous books by this author, that I recently listened to on audible, it seems like there were some sections missing.

All of a sudden, the plot would jump ahead, and some crucial development was missing. Because I listened to this book while driving, I was not able to pinpoint the exact sections where the story skipped ahead, but it happened at least twice.

Also, while the narrator was pretty good, his pronunciation of certain place names and other "foreign" words could've been done better. It was grating on my ear to hear some of his pronunciations.

This was still an enjoyable story, even with these issues, but I hope audible can fix the missing sections.

Henty good, narrator bad

I love Henty's books, but I prefer Jim hodges narration. This narrator makes it boring.

History Repeats Itself

I found the book interesting in light of our present circumstance. It was not however a must read or a "book" I could not put down. I am glad I listened to it but would not give it a rave review.

skips some.

it was very well read, and a good story, but some of the parts are left out,. I thought I had bumped the skip but, but apparently something was cut out.

Confusion

GA Henry is a great author, and this book is a good one. However the reading is decent at best. Chapters 12 and 13 are mixed up I. The reading order.