The Two Oaths

Join Clive Marlowe, Jonathan Brandt, Kait Feeney and Rose Trustman in our latest episode : The Two Oaths - and it's a sizzler! Heiress, kidnapping, deception, a madhouse - it's got it all!Will our heroine Madeline escape the clutches of her scheming guardians? 1840s London, and the young heiress Madeline Capel is soon to reach her 21st birthday, after which she will no longer need to rely on her guardians. Her guardians, the cunning lawyer Mr Flint, and the impecunious, ruthless Mr Travanion, have other ideas however. Relying on Madeline's strict adherence to keeping her word, they attempt to by fair means and foul to gain a permanent hold of her wealth.... Listen to find out whether they succeed in this gothic romance, adapted by Arnold Anthony Schmidt from 'The Scheming Guardians' by Nicholas Michell, published in The Keepsake, 1849. #audiodrama #victorianliterature #adaptation #gothic #pennybloods #pennydreadfuls