A Race with the Sun | L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax | Full Audiobook

A rip-roaring and frankly slightly bonkers tale of derring-do from the 1890s. Scientist and inventor Paul Gilchrist finds himself embroiled in a devilish plot devised by "fiends in human shape", culminating in a breathtaking race against time for his very survival... L. T. Meade (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, 1844–1914) was a prolific author of mystery and suspense stories, dominating the periodicals of the 1890s and early 1900s. She often wrote in collaboration with medical practitioners, who apparently supplied the scientific details which underpin many of the plots of her stories. Her most frequent collaborators were Robert Eustace (Dr. Eustace Robert Barton, 1854–1943) and Clifford Halifax. Clifford Halifax M.D. was the pen name of Dr Edgar Beaumont (1860–1921), who maintained a general practice in Crystal Palace, south London. He collaborated with L. T. Meade on several series of stories which ran in the Strand Magazine in the 1890s, most notably the 'Stories from the Diary of a Doctor' (1893–96), in which the character of Dr Clifford Halifax recounted episodes from his medical life, and 'The Adventures of a Man of Science' (1896-97), which featured the exploits of Paul Gilchrist, scientist and adventurer. According to his obituary in The Lancet, Clifford Halifax's main contribution to the partnership was to come up with the plot and basic storyline, while L. T. Meade did the writing. Based on 'A Race to the Sun', he clearly had quite an imagination! 'A Race to the Sun' first appeared in The Strand Magazine in January 1897, with illustrations by J. Finnemore (one of which can be seen on the title card above). Recording © Bitesized Audio 2019.