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The Sign of the Broken Sword (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 11)
The Father Brown Classics (Related to this series)
- Author
- G. K. Chesterton
- Narrator
- Sam Kusi
- Publisher
- Bookstream Audiobooks
- Publish Date
- 31 January 2026
- Run Time
- 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- G. K. Chesterton
- Narrator
- Sam Kusi
- Duration
- 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 January 2026
- ISBN
- 9783711950574
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bookstream Audiobooks
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction
Synopsis
"The Sign of the Broken Sword" is a short story by G. K. Chesterton featuring his famous characters Father Brown and former criminal Flambeau. In the centre of a story is a mysterious death of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, who was hanged on a tree with his broken sword hung round his neck. It is a detective story and throughout it Father Brown reveals to us the mystery of General St. Clare.
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