The Assyrian Rejuvenator cover art

The Assyrian Rejuvenator

Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Assyrian Rejuvenator

By: R. Austin Freeman
Narrated by: R. Austin Freeman
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £3.99

Buy Now for £3.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

The Assyrian Rejuvenator, published in 1907, is one of R. Austin Freeman's novels written under the name Clifford Ashdown and the first to feature well-known protagonist Dr. Thorndyke—a medical-legal forensic investigator. Although Freeman's early works were seen as simple homages to his contemporary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he quickly developed his own style—the "inverted detective story"—in which the identity of the criminal is shown from the beginning, and the story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.

In this tale, inflated claims about the powers of an expensive elixir put private investigator Romney Pringle in pursuit of a ruthless con man. The trickster has reason to believe that his customers won't complain, but Pringle sets out to destroy the crooked business.

Public Domain (P)2022 Listen & Live Audio
Anthologies & Short Stories Detective Fiction Mystery Short Stories Traditional Detectives

Listeners also enjoyed...

In Re: Sherlock Holmes cover art
Thorndyke: Novels 1-4 cover art
A Silent Witness cover art
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes cover art
The Pothunters cover art
The Sherlock Holmes Collection II cover art
Dark Arts, Dark Acts cover art
The Man with the Twisted Lip cover art
Detective Stories cover art
The Four Just Men cover art
Martin Hewitt, Investigator cover art
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure (Argo Classics) cover art
Baker Street Beat - an Eclectic Collection of Sherlockian Scribblings cover art
The Wrong Box cover art
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure (Argo Classics) cover art
A Neighbour's Landmark cover art
No reviews yet