Dragons at Crumbling Castle, Terry Pratchett
Dragons at Crumbling Castle, Terry Pratchett
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Dragons at Crumbling Castle
And Other Tales

Author: Terry Pratchett

Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Unabridged: 4 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/03/2015

Synopsis

A wonderful collection of short stories by master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, featuring dragons, dinosaurs, cavemen and car races!
     Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur's knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It's a disaster!

     Luckily, there's a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who's willing to fill it. Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard, Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers.

     But there's a teeny weeny surprise in store...

     Fourteen fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, full of time travel and tortoises, monsters and mayhem!

Story List:
CD 1: Dragons at Crumbling Castle, The Great Speck, Hunt the Snorry, Tales of the Carpet People (beginning)

CD 2: Tales of the Carpet People (concluded), Hercules the Tortoise, Dok the Caveman, The Big Race

CD 3: Another Tale of the Carpet People, The Great Egg--‐dancing Championship, Edwo the Boring Knight

CD 4: The 59A Bus Goes Back in Time, The Abominable Snowman, The Blackbury Monster, Father Christmas Goes to Work at the Zoo

About The Author

TERRY PRATCHETT is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. Raising Steam is his fortieth Discworld novel. His books have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. After falling out with his keyboard he now talks to his computer. Occasionally, these days, it answers back.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thibault on May 14, 2024

Dragons at Crumbling Castle - 4/5 There’s a dragon sighting at Crumbling Castle. Since only one person was brave enough to show up for work in the morning, he’s sent to the castle by orders of the king to investigate and scare off the dragons. I’ve read an earlier version of this story in the A Stroke......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on November 21, 2017

I’ve somewhat neglected Terry Pratchett over the last few years. I read a few of his books in the Discworld series when I was very young and I didn’t really like them. So I’m yet to pick up another book from there (despite owning several) any time soon. Instead I’ve been very selective about the mat......more

Goodreads review by Althea on January 27, 2015

When Terry Pratchett was a young man, he worked at a newspaper. These short and humorous stories were published in that paper, the 'Bucks Free Press' as part of their 'Children's Circle' page. They're a wonderful glimpse into the early development of a writer - but they're also wholly enjoyable on t......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 14, 2014

I should start this review by saying I’ve been a big Pratchett fan for over half my lifetime. He could publish a book of his shopping lists, or of all the occasions when he’s got up in the middle of the night to go to the loo, or of the noises he’s heard people making while getting up out of chairs......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on January 14, 2020

What an absolutely daft lot of stories, but hey, what fun. Who cares that they were all daft, they were a pleasure to read, and a great amount of comedy, went into them. Even at his younger age, as he was when he wrote these for kids, Terry Pratchett, then had a terrific sense of humour, and story tel......more

Quotes

   • "So funny I dropped my spoon laughing!" --King Arthur

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