Typhoon
Joseph Conrad Audio Book

'Typhoon' is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by a tempest and of the captain whose dogged courage is tested to the limit.

Captain MacWhirr was an ordinary man. However, when his steamer Nan-Shan blunders into a hurricane, he and his crew must pull together to survive. The steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate becomes a partnership vital to human survival as they are challenged from without by the elements, and from within by human doubts and fears.

Joseph Conrad was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in 1857. He was born in Podolia (now present-day Ukraine) and worked on French and British ships, becoming a British citizen in 1886. Among his noted novels are 'Lord Jim', 'Heart of Darkness' and 'The Secret Agent'. He died in 1924.

Roger Allam has been seen on film in 'The Queen', 'Speed Racer' and 'V for Vendetta'. His TV credits include Peter Mannion in 'The Thick of It', Det. Supt. Mackintosh in 'Ashes to Ashes', as well as 'Margaret', 'Spooks', the 'Inspector Lynley Mysteries', 'A Class Apart' and 'The Curse of Steptoe'. Among his stage appearances are 'Afterlife' at the National Theatre, 'The Giant', 'Blackbird', 'Pravda' and 'Privates on Parade'.