Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley, credited to Lord Dunsany, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley by Lord Dunsany. Read in English by Ed Humpal A coming of age story blended with a swashbuckling road trip through an mythical "golden age" of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he should be able to win his own estate and bride. Setting out to achieve his place in the world, Rodriguez quickly acquires a Sancho Panza-like servant, Morano, and goes on to experience a series of adventures, often humorous, en route to his goal. Lord Dunsany, well known as an influence on J.R.R. Tolkein, H.P. Lovecraft, Ursula Le Guin, Neil Gaiman, and others, creates a world in which anything is possible, and all outcomes serve poetry and wonder first. (Wikipedia and Ed Humpal)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley
• Author credits: Lord Dunsany
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 7:35:31

Catalogue topics

• fantasy
• lord dunsany

Track guide

1. 01 - The First Chronicle: How He Met and Said Farewell to Mine Host of The Dragon and Knight — 38:00
2. 02 - The Second Chronicle: How He Hired a Memorable Servant — 31:46
3. 03 - The Third Chronicle: How He Came to The House of Wonder — 50:11
4. 04 - The Fourth Chronicle: How He Came to The Mountains of the Sun — 39:32
5. 05 - The Fifth Chronicle: How He Rode in the Twilight and Saw Serafina — 46:33
6. 06 - The Sixth Chronicle: How He Sang to his Mandolin and What Came of his Singing — 29:36
7. 07 - The Seventh Chronicle: How He Came to Shadow Valley — 42:41
8. 08 - The Eighth Chronicle: How He Travelled Far — 44:48
9. 09 - The Ninth Chronicle: How He Won a Castle in Spain — 36:32
10. 10 - The Tenth Chronicle: How He Came Back to Lowlight — 31:03
11. 11 - The Eleventh Chronicle: How He Turned to Gardening and His Sword Rested — 40:11
12. 12 - The Twelfth Chronicle: The Building of Castle Rodriguez and The Ending of These Chronicles — 24:37

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