Sir Gadabout, Martyn Beardsley
Sir Gadabout, Martyn Beardsley
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Sir Gadabout

Author: Martyn Beardsley

Narrator: Clive Anderson

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2008

Synopsis

Sir Gadabout is a walking disaster. Voted the "knight most likely to chop his own foot off in a fight", he shivers in his rusty armour when he has to face the brave Sir Lancelot in a joust.

Sir Gads travels with his loyal squire Herbert to the wizard Merlin's cottage to get his ear stuck back in place after the joust, and survives an attack by Merlin's crazed guard turtle. Then, when Queen Guinevere is kidnapped, Sir Gads sets out to save the day!

Join the loveable Sir Gadabout, loyal Herbert and Merlin's sarcastic cat, Sidney Smith, on a chaotic quest that will make every reader - child or adult - laugh out loud.

Read by Clive Anderson
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd

About Martyn Beardsley

Martyn Beardsley lives just outside Nottingham. As well as writing children's books, he loves reading and writing about history, almost any period. He gets many of his ideas for stories when he's taking his mad dog for a walk early in the morning. Martyn has written over fifteen books: Five Naughty Kittens and The Dog that went Woof, the Sir Gadabout stories, a couple of ghost stories and some history books for children. For adults, he has written one historical biography, a book about England's last duel, and edited the diary of an eighteenth century surgeon-apothecary.Martyn Beardsley has lived in Nottingham all his life. A civil servant for many years, he is now concentrating on his writing career. As well as being a children's author, one of his great passions is history. In 2002 he published a biography of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer. A committed Buddhist, he is interested in reading, sport, keep-fit and yoga. Martyn Beardsley is married with one daughter and a mad dog.

About Tony Ross

Tony Ross was born in London and studied at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. He has worked as a cartoonist, a graphic designer, as the Art Director of an advertising agency, and as Senior Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic. Tony is one of the most popular and successful children's illustrators of all time, best known for illustrating Horrid Henry and the works of David Walliams. Tony's books have been translated into 40 languages in over 100 countries. He lives in Macclesfield.

About Clive Anderson

Clive Anderson was born in Middlesex in 1952. After studying law at Cambridge University, where he was also President of the Footlights revue group, he practised as a barrister in London for about fifteen years. During this time he wrote scripts for the likes of Frankie Howerd, Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, and performed as a stand-up comedian. This led to presenting radio and television programmes, in particular Whose Line Is It Anyway? on BBC Radio 4 and then on Channel 4 TV. He has also hosted chat shows for radio and television. He lives in Highbury, north London, with his wife and three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nungari on July 24, 2021

I bought this book as part of my new quest to build a library for my now one-year-old daughter to read at different ages. (I thought she’d enjoy this at 10). Like a high school English teacher, I was reading it to approve its content but I found myself actually enjoying the read and even chuckling a......more

Goodreads review by R.K. on April 21, 2019

4 1/4 stars......more

Goodreads review by Jami on September 25, 2022

Quick read and engaging for my 9 year old. We liked the silly moments that happen with Sir Gadabout. Kindergarten would probably love it too......more

Goodreads review by Marina on October 07, 2024

Que divertit i maco 🌿......more

Goodreads review by Karen on May 31, 2018

3.5 - Quick and cute read aloud.......more

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