La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One: From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major BBC series

· RHCP Digital · Narrated by Michael Sheen
4.8
30 reviews
Audiobook
13 hr 14 min
Unabridged

About this audiobook

Brought to you by Penguin.

The British Book Awards Audiobook of the Year 2018

2019 CAMEO Book to Audio
Best Solo Narration - New York Festival Radio Awards
Shortlisted Best Audiobook Narrator - Audio Production Awards

Penguin presents the audio download edition of La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman, read by Michael Sheen.

Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua . . .

"As a reader and a fan, I was hugely excited on hearing that Phillip was returning to the story of Lyra and Dust and challenging the Authority. And, as an actor, it was a true privilege to be asked to record La Belle Sauvage, the first book of this new work." Michael Sheen

"The best piece of narration I've ever heard" - The Bookseller

"Michael Sheen's narration of Philip Pullman's new novel is better than an army of voice actors his voice is impressive, from the crisp, definitive consonants of its higher registers to the rumbly bass notes Sheen summons when some menace enters the scene, to the vast, buttery expanse of his middle range." Slate

Ratings and reviews

4.8
30 reviews
A Google user
March 6, 2018
I think Phillip pullman is a master story teller and knows hos craft very well indeed. I loved it and I cant wait for the next book. Reading his bpoks is far better than watching every day drivel tv. His books excite me.
Charmaine Page
October 10, 2022
My word....I can honestly say it's been years since I've had a story so exciting and thrilling...I read the dark materials saga as a child and didn't even know about these until recently....totally awesome keeps you on edge guessing what might happen....This is one of the best audio books and stories I've ever come across
Jonathan Crosland
November 9, 2019
Philip Pullman is an exceptional author with a level of detail that brings his world's alive. Martin Sheen is a fantastic voice for this book and Nuances each character with something different

About the author

Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today. Winner of many prestigious awards, including the Carnegie of Carnegies and the Whitbread Award, Pullman’s epic fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been acclaimed as a modern classic. It has sold 17.5 million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages. In 2005 he was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in Oxford.

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