The Magicians of Caprona

By: Diana Wynne Jones

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

From the Chrestomanci series comes book number three, The Magicians of Caprona. For years, the Montana family has feuded with the Petrocchi family. But Tonino Montana must seek help from the Petrocchis, and a special cat, to save the city of Caprona and prove he deserves to live among the spell-makers.©2005 Diana Wynne Jones (P)2005 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Fantasy fans will enjoy listening to narrator Gerard Doyle make the characters come to life and present Jones' entertaining descriptions of the magical parallel universe in which this story takes place." (School Library Journal)

Another amazing performance!

Another amazing performance by Gerard Doyle brings Diana Wynne Jones’s beautiful writing to life! The story is complex, but very well crafted, and I loved how the narrator brought each of the many characters to life - especially my favorites, Tonino and Benvenuto. Highly recommended!

Fun story

Very good story. Couldn't stop listening... my phone died twice and I had to go charge it to continue the narrative. 😅

Engaging Story. Amazing Narrarator

Where does The Magicians of Caprona rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

By far one of the best. The story is great and the narrating was extremely well done.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Magicians of Caprona?

"Oh what a clever fellow"

Gerard Doyle captures the essence of Punch very well.

What does Gerard Doyle bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Brilliant singing, great voice acting, soothing voice

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Magically encouraged family feuds of Italia!

Any additional comments?

If there is ever a book you should have in your library...it's this one.

very entertaining

I enjoyed this book very much. Much like a Romeo & Julie but with magic & a happy ending.

An excellent, magical book

"Magicians of Caprona", one of the original "Chrestomacni Quartet" before Jones went and wrote two more, is still one of my favorites. This audiobook version is an excellent substitute for reading it, as the narration is faithful and lively and quite enthralling. They also went to remarkable trouble to re-create the musical bits, which I found quite impressive. For fans of the series, this is a good one, and for newcomers it is an excellent insertion point.