Author(s): Kipling, Rudyard
Reader(s): Kenny, Peter
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0202
Barcode: 9781843798989
Release Date: 01/2015

KIPLING, R.: Puck of Pook's Hill (Unabridged)

Kipling’s charming Puck of Pook’s Hill takes the listener on a journey through English history with a series of short, fantastical works.

When two children happen across an ancient shrine, they unintentionally summon an impish sprite named Puck—also known as Robin Goodfellow. To their wonderment, the fairy conjures up the past, taking them on ten magical adventures: they visit Roman Britain and the legion guarding Hadrian’s Wall, the thirteenth-century court of King John, and Old England from the time of William the Conqueror. Here are stories of lost treasures, epic battles, mysterious cults and daring piracy. Interspersed with Kipling’s lyrical poetry, Puck of Pook’s Hill is a masterful and magical collection that will stir the imagination.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Kipling, Rudyard - Author
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
1Puck of Pook's Hill01:48
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2Weland's Sword06:31
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3He looked at the children, and the children looked at him…07:19
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
4The children shut their eyes, but nothing happened.07:49
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
5'He called me names and rolled his eyes, and I went away…'07:51
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
6'The farmer wouldn't tell him at first, because the priests…'08:05
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
7A Tree Song01:44
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
8Young Men at the Manor09:32
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
9'When we came to his house here we had almost forgotten…'08:14
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10'That, then, was our first work together…'08:16
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
11'Look, children, what that man had done…'06:55
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
12Sir Richard's Song01:45
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
13The Knights of the Joyous Venture01:36
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
Disc 2
1The Knights of the Joyous Venture06:57
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2'My Lady being dead, I cared nothing for signs and omens…'07:46
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3Sir Richard looked relieved.08:30
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
4'After many weeks we came on the great Shoal…'08:13
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
5Sir Richard turned the sword again that the children…05:29
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
6'"Now find ye Pevensey yourselves," said Witta.'05:07
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
7Thorkild's Song01:10
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
8Old Men at Pevensey09:03
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
9'One foul night came word that a messenger…'08:49
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10'At this De Aquila whistled. "A man who can plot …"'08:07
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
11'Then Fulke sat up and looked long and cunningly at De Aquila.'07:18
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
Disc 3
1'Of a sudden we heard Jehan at the stairway wake…'06:07
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2'It was dawn then, and they stirred in the Great Hall below.'03:37
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3The Runes on Weland's Sword00:52
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
4A Centurion of the Thirtieth07:23
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
5The young man laughed again – a proper understanding laugh.08:03
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
6'"No matter for the clothes," said the Pater.'07:01
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
7'He said nothing for some time, only looked, with his eyes…'06:30
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
8A British–Roman Song01:03
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
9On the Great Wall08:09
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10Parnesius held up his broad shield with its three X's…07:44
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
11He joined his hands across his knees, and leaned his head…07:51
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
12'Allo passed round the fire with the sizzling deer's meat.'06:01
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
13'"Oh, Roma Dea!" said Maximus, half aloud.'03:03
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
14A Song to Mithras01:21
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
Disc 4
1The Winged Hats07:13
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2'The men took the news well; but when Maximus went away…'08:24
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3'Said Pertinax: "It is finished with Maximus."'06:48
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
4Parnesius drew from his neck a folded and spotted piece of…05:28
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
5'By the end of the second month…'05:15
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
6A Pict Song01:40
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
7Hal o' the Draft07:39
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
8'Hops. New since your day,' said Puck.07:11
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
9"They'd sure never dare to do it," I said…05:52
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10'"I fear I have requited him very scurvily," says Sebastian…'06:40
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
11A Smugglers' Song01:49
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
Disc 5
1'Dymchurch Flit'08:30
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
2'There you be!' said Hobden, pointing at him.06:28
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
3'My woman used to say that too,' said Hobden…05:47
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
4Tom Shoesmith threw back his head and half shut his eyes.05:42
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
5A Three-Part Song02:48
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
6The Treasure and the Law06:14
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
7Kadmiel understood the look and smiled bitterly.07:26
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
8'A great gathering of Barons (to most of whom we had lent…)'08:29
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
9'A Christian physician, seeing that I was a Jew and a stranger…'07:39
Kenny, Peter (Reader)
10The Children's Song01:36
Kenny, Peter (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 05:53:17