Valentin & The Widow... from the beginning

NEW LISTENERS!

If you're new here and looking to start listening to my 1920s action serial Valentin & The Widow from the first adventure, The Mandrake Machine, visit the official page at my website, andrewwheeler.co.uk,  

ESTABLISHED LISTENERS!

(I didn't want to call you "old".)

Thank you for your patience in waiting for new episodes. I've had to prioritize a novel and a comics project over the next adventure, but more Valentin & The Widow is coming.

The next story, Powderkeg, takes our heroes to Baghdad, where they encounter a machine that delivers death from above. Subsequent adventures include a homecoming for one of our heroes, a visit to the U.S. of A. during prohibition, and some juicy deceptions and derring-do.

More dangerous women, more fearsome engines, more beautiful men; it's all coming up in Valentin & The Widow. Stick around! (Or listen again!)

Visit the Valentin & The Widow website for a complete index of the adventures so far.

The story of widowed English aristocrat Eleanora Rosewood, her Russian valet Sacha Valentin, and their quest to take down the covert evil organisation known as Dominion.

Paris Pas De Deux: The Complete Audio Collection

Cover detail by AK Fedeau.

Paris Pas De Deux is the fourth book in the action-adventure audio serial Valentin & The Widow by Andrew Wheeler. 

Lady Rosewood and her valet Sacha Valentin arrive in Paris to assist a new friend unwittingly entangled in the affairs of the Dominion cabal. They must work together to destroy a terrible machine capable of murdering with sound.

While Sacha faces a succession of deadly foes and the ghosts of his own tragic past, Eleanora confronts an echo of the man she lost and a vision of the woman she might have been. 

You can subscribe to the series on iTunes or on the Stitcher app on your smartphone, or you can download all five episodes here!

Part One (50 mins) In which showgirl Adeline witnesses a massacre, and Eleanora and Sacha return to a city with resonant memories for them both. (MP3) 

Part Two (40 mins) In which Eleanora attends the Rosewood Ball and encounters an unexpected guest, and Sacha meets a violent romantic. (MP3) 

Part Three (40 mins) In which we learn the lost history of Sacha and Mikhail, and Eleanora gets to know the Baroness. (MP3)

Part Four (40 mins) In which Sacha faces Bravanti, Eleanora faces Peter, and Adeline's lover takes her shot. (MP3)

Part Five (40 mins) In which Eleanora resolves to make a sacrifice, and Sacha comes to an understanding. (MP3)

Ebook editions of the first two books are available from your favourite digital retailer. Ebook editions of the third and fourth books are on their way. You can also check out the complete audio collections of book one, The Mandrake Machine, book two, The Flowers of Mrs Moore, and book three, Thrones & Principalities, for free.

Valentin & The Widow returns for its second season later this year. 

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART FIVE

At last, the thrilling conclusion to Paris Pas De Deux, and the final episode of the first season of Valentin & The Widow.

Sacha faces a rematch with Sebastien Van Sant and experiences a personal epiphany in the shadow of Napoleon's tomb. Eleanora decides to make a terrible sacrifice in a desperate bid to prevent a massacre. And we discover once and for all if the showgirl and her radical revolutionary girlfriend will be reunited in love - or torn apart by tragedy.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

You can buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures, with books three and four coming soon!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore 3. Thrones & Principalities

If you're enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell your friends!

Valentin & The Widow will return later in the year with Book Five: Powderkeg.

Thanks for listening!

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART FOUR

And we're back!

Sorry for the extended break between episodes, I hated doing it, but real life got in the way and I didn't want to put out an inferior product! I'm really happy with this episode; I wasn't happy with it a couple of days ago!

This week: Sacha deals with Bravanti; Eleanora and Peter get a little closer; Jude takes her shot; and just you wait for the cliffhanger...

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

REMEMBER!

You can now buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore 3. Thrones & Principalities

If you're enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell your friends!

Thanks for listening!

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART THREE

It's the ballad of Sacha and Mikhail in this week's episode of Valentin & The Widow; the tragic tale of two young soldiers in love. Plus, Eleanora gets a glimpse of the woman she could have been, Adeline and Jude make terrible promises in the name of love, and our favourite Russian goes head to head with Igor Bravanti.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

Programming note: This week Valentin & The Widow switches from Wednesday to Thursday. This will be the case for the next two episodes as well. After Paris Pas De Deux, the series will go on hiatus until June.

REMEMBER!

You can now buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore 3. Thrones & Principalities

If you're enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Tell just one friend! Every little bit helps!

Thanks for listening!

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART TWO

Sacha Valentin relives past heartbreak in the city of lovers - and Eleanora Rosewood faces a new heartbreak of her own - in the second episode of Paris Pas De Deux. Bring tissues. There's a whole lot of feelings up in here.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

REMEMBER!

You can now buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore 3. Thrones & Principalities

If you're enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Thanks for listening!

I mentioned on Twitter that there ought to be a Penguin Classics cover generator on the internet. An instant later, my old friend Sigma 7 made my dream come true.

Sure, these aren't real, but I can't tell you how satisfying it is just to pretend for a moment! Try it yourself; go generate your own fake Penguin Classics book cover and stick your name on it. You will magically feel about ten feet taller.

(It should go without saying that this was created in a spirit of good will and appreciation for a design classic. I'm sadly certain that there are lawyers at Penguin who will feel very differently.)

Reminder: These covers aren't real, but the books are! And the real covers are actually even better!

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART ONE

An earthquake in Shanghai. Assassins in Havana. High treason in Cairo. Now Eleanora Rosewood and Sacha Valentin face their greatest threat yet in the city of romance. It's Valentin & The Widow... versus heartbreak.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

(Additional public domain music in this week's episode provided by Musopen.)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

You can now buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon | UK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine 2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore 3. Thrones & Principalities

If you're enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Thanks for listening!

Regrettably...

... there will not be a new episode of Valentin & The Widow today due to illness. Normal service will resume as soon as possible!

Thrones & Principalities: The Complete Audio Collection

Image by Brett Donnelly.

Thrones & Principalities is the third book in the action-adventure audio serial Valentin & The Widow by Andrew Wheeler. 

Lady Rosewood and her valet Sacha Valentin have travelled to Cairo, where a young woman in the Prince of Wales's retinue may be the key to a dastardly Dominion plot to forever change the British Empire. Deadly acrobats, mad mystics and a ferocious female bodyguard await them at the heart of the ancient kingdom. .

You can subscribe to the series on iTunes or on the Stitcher app on your smartphone, or you can download all five episodes here:

Part One (40 mins) In which Eleanora Rosewood travels to Cairo on the search for a young woman caught up in a terrible conspiracy. (MP3) 

Part Two (35 mins) In which assassins strike at the circus, Valentin faces a merciless opponent, and Eleanora learns more about the Fitzherbert affair. (MP3) 

Part Three (40 mins) In which Valentin faces unique temptations and our heroes venture into the forbidding tomb of an ancient prince. (MP3)

Part Four (35 mins) In which Eleanora faces the enemy, and Miss Carys Pritchard forms a regrettable plan. (MP3)

Part Five (40 mins) In which the fate of the Empire hangs in the balance, and blood is spilled on the desert sands. (MP3)

To find out more about the series, listen to my interview with Owen Craig at Panel Culture.

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Book four, Paris Pas De Deux, begins next week!

THRONES AND PRINCIPALITIES - PART FIVE

The thrilling conclusion to the third book in the Valentin & The Widow audio adventure serial. Professor Daniel Decameron believes he can change the world - but he'll need to spill a little blood to do it. Can Eleanora Rosewood take him down without succumbing to his arcane charms?

Valentin & The Widow will return in two weeks time with Book Four: Paris Pas De Deux.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher, or you can download the MP3 here.

You can also check out the complete audio collections of Book One: The Mandrake Machine and Book Two: The Flowers of Mrs Moore, right now, completely free!

If you're enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Thanks for listening!

THRONES AND PRINCIPALITIES - PART FOUR

It's Eleanora's turn for an encounter with the scandalous Professor Decameron, and Miss Pritchard makes a fateful decision to try to rescue her missing boy. Sedition meets seduction in this week's Valentin & The Widow.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher, or you can download the MP3 here.

Photo: Khan el-Khalili Market, by Donald McLeish.

You can also check out the complete audio collections of Book One: The Mandrake Machine and Book Two: The Flowers of Mrs Moore, right now, completely free!

If you're enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Thanks for listening!

THRONES AND PRINCIPALITIES - PART THREE

Has Eleanora met her match in Miss Fidelia Fitzherbert? Does Valentin dare walk in to the lair of the dashing Daniel Decameron? What secret is Sam Stanhope keeping at his Memphis dig? Find out the answer to all these questions in this week's episode of Valentin & The Widow.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher, or you can download the MP3 here.

You can also check out the complete audio collections of Book One: The Mandrake Machine and Book Two: The Flowers of Mrs Moore, right now, completely free!

If you're enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Thanks for listening!