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Prince Caspian
A BBC Radio 4 dramatization. The magical world of Narnia has been at peace since Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund helped rid the kingdom of the evil White Witch. But the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve have returned to their own world and a dark presence now rules the once harmonious land.
3 pages, Audio CD
Published January 1, 2000
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Brian Sibley
101 books100 followersBrian Sibley is an English writer, broadcaster, and award-winning dramatist.
The author of over 100 hours of radio drama and hundreds of documentaries and features for the BBC, he is best known for his acclaimed 1981 radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, co-written with Michael Bakewell, as well as dramatizations of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast novels, and Richard Adams’s Watership Down.
Sibley has also written numerous original plays for radio, presented popular BBC programmes including Kaleidoscope and Talking Pictures, and produced documentaries on figures ranging from Lewis Carroll and Ray Bradbury to Julie Andrews and Walt Disney.
His contributions to broadcasting have earned him accolades such as the Sony Radio Award and the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Adaptation.
In print, Sibley is the author of many acclaimed film “making of” books, including Harry Potter: Film Wizardry, The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy, and Peter Jackson: A Filmmaker’s Journey, as well as companion volumes for The Hobbit films, The Golden Compass, and Disney classics. His literary works range from Shadowlands to children’s books like The Frightful Food Feud and Osric the Extraordinary Owl, with stories appearing in official Winnie-the-Pooh collections.
A noted Disney historian, Sibley has contributed essays to The Walt Disney Film Archives and recorded DVD commentaries for classic films. He is the editor of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fall of Númenor, winner of the Tolkien Society’s Best Book award in 2023.
Sibley has served as President and Chair of The Lewis Carroll Society and is an honorary member of The Magic Circle, the Tolkien Society, and The Children’s Books History Society.
The author of over 100 hours of radio drama and hundreds of documentaries and features for the BBC, he is best known for his acclaimed 1981 radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, co-written with Michael Bakewell, as well as dramatizations of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast novels, and Richard Adams’s Watership Down.
Sibley has also written numerous original plays for radio, presented popular BBC programmes including Kaleidoscope and Talking Pictures, and produced documentaries on figures ranging from Lewis Carroll and Ray Bradbury to Julie Andrews and Walt Disney.
His contributions to broadcasting have earned him accolades such as the Sony Radio Award and the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Adaptation.
In print, Sibley is the author of many acclaimed film “making of” books, including Harry Potter: Film Wizardry, The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy, and Peter Jackson: A Filmmaker’s Journey, as well as companion volumes for The Hobbit films, The Golden Compass, and Disney classics. His literary works range from Shadowlands to children’s books like The Frightful Food Feud and Osric the Extraordinary Owl, with stories appearing in official Winnie-the-Pooh collections.
A noted Disney historian, Sibley has contributed essays to The Walt Disney Film Archives and recorded DVD commentaries for classic films. He is the editor of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fall of Númenor, winner of the Tolkien Society’s Best Book award in 2023.
Sibley has served as President and Chair of The Lewis Carroll Society and is an honorary member of The Magic Circle, the Tolkien Society, and The Children’s Books History Society.
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November 29, 2009
Second book to be written but the fourth following Narnia's chronology. Caspian is a young prince, heir to the throne of Narnia, but being very young is his uncle Miraz who rules. But Miraz wants to be more than Regent, he wants to be king and his sons to succeed him which forces Caspian to flee. Having grown up listening to the legends of Old Narnia, Caspian joins the Talking Animals and all the creatures that once inhabited the Old Narnia to regain his throne. But he also has the help of the kings of old, whom he calls with the magic horn of one of them. And this is how the four siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter return to Narnia for another adventure. Another good book, we notice that some characters "grow" and, therefore, the perception of Narnia becomes a little more different. In this book one of my favorite characters makes its first appearance, the small Reepicheep.
December 11, 2014
The first half of this audio book had me enthralled. I find myself losing interest at exactly the same point every time I listen to this however. The battle is very rushed compared to the lengthy set up and it becomes confusing and hard to visualise in the same way of the rest of the narrative. I zone in again once the battle is over and the ending is easy to picture once more.
Perhaps this is a fault with the story itself of the way this audio book is done unsure, but I found it hard to keep my attention for its entirety. At 2 hours 5 minutes it is heavily abridged and yes is even shorter than the movie version!
Still it is, on the whole well done and should delight fans of Narnia.
Perhaps this is a fault with the story itself of the way this audio book is done unsure, but I found it hard to keep my attention for its entirety. At 2 hours 5 minutes it is heavily abridged and yes is even shorter than the movie version!
Still it is, on the whole well done and should delight fans of Narnia.
December 17, 2015
I found this one slightly disappointing. It wasn't bad, but I just felt like it kept building and building, but the big climax ended up being quite a disappointment.
Also, it very much felt like the Pevensies were just there to create a link to the rest of the series. They didn't really do that much.
Also, it very much felt like the Pevensies were just there to create a link to the rest of the series. They didn't really do that much.
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