The Magicians of Caprona, Diana Wynne Jones
The Magicians of Caprona, Diana Wynne Jones
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The Magicians of Caprona

Author: Diana Wynne Jones

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/06/2008


Synopsis

Tonino is the only person in the famous Montana household who wasn't born with an instinct for creating spells, but he has other gifts. His ability to communicate with cats just might help defend the city of Caprona against a mysterious enchanter—but only if Tonino can learn to cooperate with a girl from the hated Petrocchi family of spell-makers.

About Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones was the multiple award-winning author of many fantasy novels for children, teenagers, and adults. Her book Howl's Moving Castle was made into an Academy Award-nominated major animated feature by Hayao Miyazaki. She received the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Married to the medievalist J. A. Burrow, with whom she had three sons, she lived for many years in Bristol, the setting for many of her books.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on August 21, 2024

EDIT: Of all the reviews I've done this is the least liked! There are even books I have got more likes for rating than I got for reviewing this one :) This is the second Chrestomanci book I've read to my daughter Celyn - there seems to be some confusion about the order of the books, but they appear t......more

Goodreads review by mark on October 05, 2024

another splendid entry in the Chrestomanci cycle! this wonderful little series about multiple dimensions, magic, and the trans-dimensional authority on magic known as the "Chrestomanci" has been a real light in my life whenever i open up a new book. what a lovely and pleasing breath of fresh air. The......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on April 07, 2008

This was the first book by DWJ that I ever read. I stumbled on it by accident in the library when I was a kid, and it was the kind of book I would stay up all night reading and then feel sad when I got to the last page. (I still read like that sometimes, but it's pretty rare to find books I can be t......more

Goodreads review by Magrat on April 27, 2024

Este libro es maravilloso porque: 1. Está ambientado en Italia (en una alternativa donde perviven las ciudades estados y la magia) 2. Hay dos grandes casas familiares de magos enfrentadas 3. Los gatos son más protagonistas de lo que parecían al principio Y ya está. He disfrutado como siempre del ingenio......more

Goodreads review by J. Aleksandr on October 19, 2020

Loads of fun, but the weakest of the Chrestomanci series for me. Jones leaned a bit too heavily on tropes (e.g., feuding Italian families; stock characters) which made the plot predictable, though perhaps less so for younger readers. There was also a bit of worldbuilding which wasn't well-developed......more