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Narrator

Richard Aspel

Richard Aspel is a talented narrator of children's and adult audiobooks. He trained and worked in London, before returning to Australia where he has worked extensively in television, theatre and radio. His television credits include Neighbours and Carson's Law, and he provided various voices for The Silver Brumby animated series. Richard was nominated for the prestigious Audie Award (US) for his narration of The Mark of the Angel by Nancy Huston.

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Title:

The Firebird

Written by:

Sophie Masson 

Read by:

Richard Aspel 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

7 

Duration:

7 hours 48 minutes 

Published:

January 01 2005 

Available Date:

January 01 2005 

Age Category:

Young Adult 

ISBN:

1740948076 

APN / ISBN-13:

9781740948074 

Genres:

Fiction; Fantasy Fiction; Young Adult Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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AUD$ 19.95

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“Masson writes with elegance and intelligence.”
The Weekend Australian

“Reading one of Sophie Masson's books is like standing on top of a lonely mountain at midnight, under a star-filled sky."
Garth Nix

A spellbinding story set in the splendours of old Russia.

Ivan, youngest son of the powerful, greedy Tsar Demyan, is resigned to a life of misery and humiliation at the hands of his brothers, brutal Yuri and sly Igor. And to add to his torment, Yuri has been promised in marriage to the girl Ivan has loved all his life - the bold and beautiful Princess Tamara, daughter of a neighbouring king. Then one day, Ivan sees the legendary Firebird in his father's garden. The tsar, obsessed with the beautiful creature, orders his sons out in a quest to capture it and bring it back to the palace. Determined to find the bird before his brothers do, Ivan embarks on a thrilling journey of reckless endeavour and strange magic.

"Using all the components of a fairy tale, The Firebird manages to capture the imagination and leads the listener into a finely woven quest of heroes, damsels (though not in distress), evildoers, and clever magical creatures. Richard Aspel brings the reader into the mystical goings-on and makes each character stand out. He differentiates Ivan, the kind and gentle youngest son of the czar, and the evil brothers, Yuri and Igor, especially well. He creates the antiquated vocal elegance that is necessary in narrating a fairy tale, and the listener is treated to a pleasing, although somewhat formulaic, account of an elusive bird and a romantic fantasy."
AudioFile Magazine