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Duncton Wood

By: William Horwood
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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Summary

The moles of Duncton Wood live in the shadow of Mandrake, a cruel tyrant corrupted by absolute power.

A solitary young mole, Bracken, is thrown into leading the fight to free Duncton Wood. Only by putting his trust in the ancient Stone, forgotten symbol of a great spiritual past, can he find the strength to challenge Mandrake's darkness.

When Bracken falls in love with Rebecca, Mandrake's daughter, the moles must make life and death choices as their extraordinary search for freedom and truth begins....

Together Bracken and Rebecca will embark on moving journey that will challenge them in ways they could never have imagined. But can they save Duncton before it's too late?

Duncton Wood is the first instalment in The Duncton Chronicles, an unforgettable six-book series now widely regarded as a fantasy classic. For fans of J. R. R. Tolkien, Brian Jacques and Richard Adams' Watership Down, this is a quest into the heart of nature, the redemptive power of love and the triumph of spirit.

©1980 William Horwood (P)2018 Audible, Ltd

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Lost in a book

I read this book many years ago and loved it , I loved this version too . A great story and a good narrator.

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Brilliantly Done

Well done Gareth Armsrong such a Brilliant Narration of Book one of the Duncton chronicles. I listened avidly to every chapter and even though I have read some of the Duncton chronicles Gareth brought the love of the Book to life I cannot wait for Duncton Quest, and Duncton Found then hopefully the Duncton Tales,Duncton Rising and Duncton Stone I will buy every one if or as they appear I applaud you William Horwood for your love of mole and their lifetime and struggles of the silence of the stone thankyou. And thankyou for the fantastic and loving Narration Gareth Armstrong.

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An Incredible Tale

I never thought a story about moles could be so engaging or beautiful. Highly recommend this, well narrated too.

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beautiful descriptions of nature

compelling story, interesting characters and lovely to hear Welsh words slipped into the text . beautiful naraton

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Duncton !!!

Thank you Mr Horwood for a very enjoyable first
Book so wonderfully written gorgeous description
Of a lovely hidden world. The narration was excellent.

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not my choice of book

this book was really good, definitely different. getting the 2nd book in the series. my view on a mole has been totally changed

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Beautifully written and narrated.

A story about friendship, courage, love, honour, sacrifice, belief, betrayal and adventure.
I Brought these books many years ago and enjoyed every page turning experience of these beautiful creatures lives. Now 40 years later I have had the story told to me. There’s something about listening instead of reading You don’t miss a thing as it comes alive and pulls you in. Young or old this is a beautiful written and narrated tale that will have you starting book two before the credits ends.

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Great in spells but too drawn out.

There are at least four, maybe five sections of this book which are superbly well written and genuinely gripping. The occurrence of these at regular intervals kept me interested but I felt that the book fell off the rails inbetween. It could have been half the length and not suffered for it, while it also kind of peetered out at the end. I didn't dislike this book but will not continue the series.

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Absolutely excellent

The Duncton Chronicles are one of the very few books I've read multiple times.

The story line is engaging and the Audible narration is first class - I can't recommend these books enough.

Here's looking forward to the final three books in the six book series...

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Fabulous.

FAB book. well read. given me hours of delight and relaxation. Thank you to all concerned.

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