B. J. Harrison Reads Lot No. 249

Arthur Conan Doyle

Nov 2020 · Lindhardt og Ringhof (Saga Audiobooks) · Narrated by B. J. Harrison

About this audiobook

Abercrombie Smith and Edward Bellingham are neighbors and fellow students at the University of Oxford. Smith is a medical student and athlete, while Bellingham is a specialist of Eastern studies and the owner of many Egyptian artefacts. A series of strange episodes happen after Edward buys a four-thousand-years-old mummy. Smith suspects his fellow student of hiding a dark and threatening secret, and soon discovers what the truth really is.

What aroused Edward Bellingham’s great interest for Egyptian artefacts? What kind of strange episodes followed his latest acquisition and what is he going to do with the mummy? How is Smith going to react to the shocking discoveries he has made?

You can find all the answers in Sir Conan Doyle’s short story "Lot No. 249".
B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was a British medical doctor and writer. He is best known for the creation of the notorious characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Besides the many Holmes stories, Doyle’s work includes science and fantasy fiction, many plays, poetry, historical and non-fiction novels. He wrote his first Sherlock Holmes story at the age of twenty-seven and it was published in 1886.