For the time of his story Mr. Parker has chosen the most absorbing period of the romantic eighteenth-century history of Quebec. The curtain rises soon after General Braddock's defeat in Virginia, and the hero, a prisoner in Quebec, curiously entangled in the intrigues of La Pompadour, becomes a part of a strange history, full of adventure and the stress of peril, which culminates only after Wolfe's victory over Montcalm. The material offered by the life and history of old Quebec has never been utilized for the purposes of fiction with the command of plot and incident, the mastery of local color, and the splendid realization of dramatic situations shown in this distinguished and moving romance. The illustrations preserve the atmosphere of the text, for they present the famous buildings, gates, and battle grounds as they appeared at the time of the hero's imprisonment in Quebec. (Summary by D. Appleton and Company, 1896)
Cast:
Narrator........................................Michael Reuss
Captain Robert Moray...................Robert Hoffman
Madamoiselle Alixe Duvarney........Amanda Friday
Monsieur Doltaire..........................NoelBadrian
Gabord..........................................Algy Pug
General Wolfe...............................Martin Geeson
Intendant Francois Bigot...............Ron Altman, ToddHW
Governor Marquis de Vaudreuil.....AllenJohns
Voban...........................................DublinGothic
Chevalier de la Darante................Ron Altman
Seigneur Duvarney.......................Chuck Williamson
Madame Duvarney.........................MJ Franck
Marquis de Montcalm.....................Ernst Pattynama
Mathilde.........................................MJ Franck
Babette.........................................CaprishaPage
Mr. Wainfleet.................................TriciaG
Captain Lancy................................Michael Reuss
Madame Cournal.........................April Gonzales, Tisha Bordon
Singers...........................................MJ Franck
Women Singers..............................TriciaG
Juste Duvarney..............................Tiffany Halla Colonna
Jeanie............................................Availle
John Mitchell..................................AllenJohns
Prophet Man..................................csjesi1
Sir John Godric...............................Michael Reuss
The Voice.......................................Ron Altman
Servant..........................................ToddHW
Scarat.............................................Michael Reuss
Farmer's Son..................................TriciaG
Commandant Ramesay..................ToddHW
The Surgeon..................................Martin Geeson
Madame Jamond............................April Gonzales
The Intendant's Valet....................ToddHW
Officer Legrand..............................csjesi1
Guard.............................................Kristingj
Bamboir..........................................ToddHW
Mr. Stevens....................................Michael Reuss
Officer Kingdon...............................Michael Reuss
Sentinal..........................................ToddHW
Jean—Labrouk................................Kristingj
Sentinal at the gate 1.....................Kristingj
Sentinal at the gate 2.....................Kristingj
Sentinal at Chateau St. Louis.........Kristingj
Grandfather....................................AllenJohns
Bishop.............................................Martin Geeson
Mother Superior..............................MJ Franck
Soldier.............................................Kristingj
General Murray...............................ToddHW
Sailor..............................................Michael Reuss
Midshipman.....................................Michael Reuss
Sailor Jack.......................................Tiffany Halla Colonna
Officer.............................................Tiffany Halla Colonna
Audio Edited By: ToddHW
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