Author(s): Garner, Alan
Reader(s): Madoc, Philip
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior Classic Fiction
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA539612
Barcode: 9789626343968
Release Date: 03/2006

GARNER, A.: Weirdstone of Brisingamen (The) (Unabridged)

‘The heart of the magic was sealed with Firefrost, the Weirdstone of Brisingamen…should Nastrond destroy the stone, then the magic will die away.’ When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, the Wizard—Cadellin Silverbrow—takes them to safety deep in the caves of Fundindelve. Here, he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights, awaiting the fated hour when they must rise and fight. But the Weirdstone of Brisingamen is lost and the forces of evil are closing in. The children realise that they are the key to its return, but how can they defeat the powerful magic of the Morrigan and her deadly brood? First published in 1960, four decades before Harry Potter, Alan Garner’s novel of magic and wizards has endured and become a modern classic of children’s literature.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Garner, Alan - Author
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
1The Legend of Alderley02:58
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
2By Seven Firs and Goldenstone they went...03:16
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3Part 1: Chapter 1 - Highmost Redmanhey03:29
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4Nearer they came to the edge...03:45
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5Chapter 2 - The Edge04:29
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6Just as they were about to turn for home...02:53
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
7Then, close at hand, a dog barked loudly...03:58
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
8Chapter 3 - Maggot-Breed of Ymir04:08
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
9Colin and Susan roamed all over Stormy Point...04:17
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
10All the while he was looking...04:05
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11The edge of the swamp was a mass of bodies04:42
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
12Chapter 4 - The Fundindelve04:51
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
13Cadellin led the children out of the cave...04:20
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14‘Now it happened that, at the Sealing of Fundindelve...’03:39
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15Here lay the treasure, piled in banks of jewels...03:28
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16It looked very black outside, and the memory...05:27
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17Chapter 5 - Miching Mallecho03:55
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18Gowther shone his light into the pen03:01
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19Prince gradually quietened down as Gowther rubbed him...03:49
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
20Chapter 6 - A Ring of Stones03:23
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
Disc 2
1The following morning in Alderley village...04:23
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
2They reached the top of the Edge...03:51
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
3As the minutes went by, Susan grew more and more uneasy04:12
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
4Facing the children were two stones...04:33
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
5Chapter 7 - Fenodyree03:54
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
6Then wrath kindled in him, and spread...04:08
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
7Susan was almost in tears04:28
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
8They had come to a flat outcrop...04:00
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
9Part 2: Chapter 8 - Mist over Llyn-dhu02:52
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
10It was a young winter of cloudless skies...04:41
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11The mist was still there the following morning05:27
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12Chapter 9 - St. Mary’s Clyffe04:30
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13Behind her, two shadows moved out of the mist...04:18
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14After minutes of brooding quiet a door opened...04:17
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15In a small room crammed under the eaves...03:29
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16At the sound of his voice the brute froze...03:54
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17Chapter 10 - Plankshaft04:14
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18In shape and size it was just such another cave...03:56
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19They thought for some time in silence...03:48
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
Disc 3
1Colin started out03:28
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2She saw the wet rock, ribbed and gleaming...02:49
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3Chapter 11 - Prince of the Huldrafolk05:03
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
4Colin reached for the lamp and pressed the switch04:13
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5Colin had the greatest difficulty in keeping up...03:53
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6The tunnel opened into a broad gallery...03:27
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
7Chapter 12 - In the Cave of the Svartmoot03:41
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8For a few yards only, the red glow lit their way04:30
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9In spite of the knowledge that Durathror was close...04:40
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10Before them the tunnel ended in a drop...05:25
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11Chapter 13 - Where No Svart Will Ever Tread04:09
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
12The V-shaped gully continued for thirty feet...03:57
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13The patch of light contracted until it appeared...04:01
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
14While the children lay croaking...03:48
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15‘Have you the stone?’ whispered Fenodyree...04:05
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
16Chapter 14 - The Earldelving04:14
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
17Colin unwrapped the lamp to discover how it had withstood...04:09
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
18Both the children had the greatest difficulty...04:59
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
19This moment was to be repeated three times more...04:54
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
Disc 4
1Chapter 15 - A Stromkarl Sings04:26
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
2‘It never crossed my mind that this would be their course...’04:43
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
3‘Well! This is the rummest do I've come across!’03:34
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4Shortly before midnight Scamp began to growl02:54
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
5Chapter 16 - The Wood of Radnor04:37
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
6‘Wait on,’ said Gowther...04:48
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
7Fenodyree led the way back to the crossroads...04:16
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
8But for all Durathror’s shouting...04:06
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
9They forced their way through the glossy hide...03:50
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
10They had to step on to the thicker branches...04:02
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
11The halted at the edge of a clearing03:15
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
12Chapter 17 - Mara04:18
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
13And that is what they did04:37
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14All this Fenodyree explained; his plan was accepted...03:58
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15They did not have to wait04:40
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16They followed the valley for a quarter of a mile...03:58
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17Susan began to scream...04:28
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
Disc 5
1Chapter 18 - Angharad Goldenhand04:42
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
2It was a curious dream04:18
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
3Susan was wrapped in a cloak...03:54
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
4Chapter 19 - Gaberlunzie04:02
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
5Durathror suggested, and the others reluctantly agreed...04:02
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6‘The lodge was bad,’ said Susan...03:53
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7Out across the lake was an island, so overgrown...04:01
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8‘I shall not bide. Listen to my say.’04:01
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9Trench after trench they crossed...04:16
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
10Chapter 20 - Shuttlingslow04:00
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
11But he did not come04:13
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12The morthbrood were pouring in from all sides...04:24
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13But he could do nothing to save the others04:33
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14Back to back the dwarfs and Gowther fought...05:18
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
15Chapter 21 - The Headless Cross04:52
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
16The hillside was thick with pell-mell bodies...03:43
Madoc, Philip (Reader)
17Selina Place, fury in every line of her...04:02
Madoc, Philip (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 06:18:57