Weighed in the Balance (unabridged) - Anne Perry

Written by Anne Perry
Read by Geoffrey Annis
Format: MP3
Unabridged

Publisher: Ulverscroft Audio (1997)
William Monk Series, book 7
Length: about 13hrs, unabridged
Format: 40kpbs, joint steno

This is the only unabridged copy of this book ever recorded and was originaly uploaded to MyAnamouse years ago before all Anne Perry was pulled.

The Byzantine politics and aristocratic squabbles of a small German principality called Felzburg exasperate and puzzle William Monk Monk, a Victorian-era “agent of inquiry,” is still haunted by a baffling amnesia, and he feels that his associates, the rigidly proper barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone and the uncompromising and outspoken nurse Hester Latterly, have taken on more than they can handle when Sir Oliver decides to defend Countess Zorah Rostova against a slander charge.

The patriotic Zorah has accused Princess Gisela of Felzburg of murdering her husband, Prince Friedrich, heir to the throne, who presumably had died as a result of a fall from a horse. Gisela is suing. The issue of slander is almost lost in all the politicking. Gisela and Friedrich had lived in English exile,. But Friedrich dreamed of returning triumphant to Felzburg in order to defend the state’s independence against the unifying tide of Germany..

The novel springs to life in the courtroom scenes, where careful investigation and astute teamwork produce some astonishing revelations that presage the end of Victorian propriety and an era’s pretense of innocence.

Original torrent was from audio tape and the sound is poor. I have uploaded it as-is..