The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral

by Robert Westall Narrated by Ron Keith

Overview

Steeplejack Joe Clark climbed his first factory chimney when he was four years old. Steeplejacking had been in his family for five generations. Not much frightened him. Certainly not stone. So when Joe is offered the lucrative job of repairing the weathercock and stonework on one of Muncaster Cathedral's spires, he can't believe his good fortune. But from the moment he saw the medieval gargoyle-lichen colored and hollowed-eyed-he felt uneasy, as if he were being watched. But he wasn't going to let a few superstitious fears get in the way of his job. Stone was stone, it was all the same. Then terrible things begin to happen, including the deaths of two innocent boys who fell from the cathedral tower. What terrible evil had them in its grip, and why does the gargoyle seem to be drawing Joe to his doom?

Editorial Reviews

JAN 95 - AudioFile

After a malevolent force lurking in the medieval stones of Muncaster Cathedral lures two small boys to their death, a steeplejack searches through early records to find the source of the evil. The events that follow take on the aura of a nightmare. This terrifying struggle described in his own simple words is captured by a gifted narrator. Ron Keith captures his working-class accent and Northern English slang so accurately that the story becomes as convincing as it is frightening. The result is believable magic. J.C. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169272956
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	03/15/2013
Edition description:	Unabridged

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