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The Travelling Restaurant
By Barbara Else
Narrated by Stuart Devenie
Suitable for Kids
Published by Gecko Press and produced by Prue Langbein Audio through the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund
In the reign of Lady Gall (Provisional Monarch of Fontania), the word ‘magic’ is forbidden… A rollicking tale of treachery, courage and magic.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 113m 41s13m 41sJasper and his parents Lady Helen and Dr Hannibal Ludlow and his baby sister Sibilla have to go to Lady Gall's Grand Palace on his 12th birthday. She is the Provisional Monarch of Fontania and Jasper's father has to work for her.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 213m 19s13m 19sUncle Trump insists the family have to leave the city because of Lady Gall but Jasper gets left behind at the wharf and stays the night on an unusual boat.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 315m 0s15m 0sThe Travelling Restaurant ends up off course after a storm and Jasper learns that the Blue Swan has been wrecked. Ashore at Little Skirmish, Jasper leaves the boat to rescue a chicken.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 413m 10s13m 10sJasper hears Lady Gall give a speech about the true crown. The Travelling Restaurant covers itself in a fog to avoid pirates. Jasper sees a man on a raft and Captain Rocket helps the man aboard.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 514m 31s14m 31sCaptain Darkblood and his pirates board the Travelling Restaurant. Jasper offers them pies and teaches them how to cook them in exchange for freedom. Darkblood has Uncle Trump on his ship. Jasper determines to find Sibilla.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 614m 9s14m 9sThe Travelling Restaurant has journalist-spy Crispin Kent on board. He tries to steal Uncle Trump's sketchbook and is let off at Dogjaw. Lady Gall's boat is there in port.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 713m 22s13m 22sThe Travelling Restaurant is pursued by Lady Gall's ship and Dr Rocket heads up the Great South River to safety. Polly tells Jasper and Beatrix, the orphan, the story of how Lady Gall came to power.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 814m 1s14m 1sJasper uses his own magic to see that Sibilla is on The Terrier. The Travelling Restaurant is chased by Lady Gall's arrow ships and drawn to a whirlpool. The dragon eagle helps them to safety via an underground river.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 913m 38s13m 38sJasper and Beatrix find Sibilla but they're caught and taken to Captain Brickle. Trump is not dead and acts as a decoy. He is captured but the children escape, pretending to be monkeys.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 1013m 51s13m 51sThe children are safe back on the Travelling Restaurant. Trump is to marry Lady Gall and the wedding and coronation are about to take place. In the City of Glass the three children are taken by a woman into a newspaper office.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 1113m 47s13m 47sThe children escape from the newspaper office and decide to board Captain Darkblood's ex-pirate ship and set sail. But Lady Gall locks them up on the Excellent Hound. The Travelling Restaurant is in sight.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 1213m 21s13m 21sThe Travelling Hound pursues Polly and Rocket. Jasper hears another dragon-eagle tell Lady Gall she is not the true monarch. But she shows it the dagger she's taken from Jasper and commands it to crush the Travelling Restaurant.
- The Travelling Restaurant – Part 1314m 14s14m 14sTrump is forced to marry Lady Gall but as she is about to anoint herself in the lake after crowning herself, Jasper calls out the truth and with Sibilia jumps into the lake. The true Queen and King are revealed.
