The three Geste brothers are to some extent aspects of a single personality, and they have similar voices here, but everyone else is persuasively distinguished by tone and accent.

Rupert Degas’s performance is not among them we have come to expect excellence from him, and he delivers. This 1924 classic has been adapted for three films, two radio plays, and a stage play (not including parodies), but this audiobook still manages to provide surprises. Titles read by Rupert Degas Titles read by Rupert Degas The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (unabridged) The Aye-Aye and I (unabridged) Beasts in My Belfry (unabridged) Beau Geste (unabridged) The Canterville Ghost (unabridged) The Complete Short Stories (unabridged) Dracula’s Guest and Other Stories (unabridged) Dreaming of Jupiter (unabridged) The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (unabridged) Flanagan’s Run (abridged) Flanagan’s Run (unabridged) Gormenghast (abridged) Jupiter’s Travels (unabridged) Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories (unabridged) Napoleon – In a Nutshell (unabridged) Restoration (abridged) The Essential Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (selections) South (unabridged) Titus Awakes (abridged) Titus Alone (abridged) Titus Groan (abridged) The Trial (unabridged) Walden, and Civil Disobedience (unabridged) The Whispering Land (unabridged) A Zoo in My Luggage (unabridged) He spent eighteen months in the West End performing in the comedy Stones in his Pockets. He has lent his voice to numerous cartoons, including Mr Bean, Robotboy and Bob the Builder and has performed in over thirty radio productions, including The Gemini Apes, The Glittering Prizes and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He is also the voice of Pantalaimon in Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights. Rupert Degas can be heard reading True History of the Kelly Gang, PS I Love You, If You Could See Me Now, Lord Loss, Demon Thief, Slawter and The Saga of Darren Shan.

Beau Geste by P.C. Wren