Prince Valiant, Books 1 -7 - Harold Foster

Written by Harold Foster
Read by Tim Gregory
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Harold Foster First began as an illustrator for other series. Tarzan, as he is always drawn is a Hal Foster creation. He began writing this series in 1937 and it continued well into the 1970’s than continued with various writers than retired in 1980 and turned the strip over completely to John Cullen Murphy.

This was my brothers’ favorite Sunday Comic Strip. These are only 6 of his over 3000 adventures.

Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur
Prince Valiant, Book 1
Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
Publisher: Oasis Audio

When a brash youth is exiled to the shores of Britain, his daring and cunning soon mark him as a leader of men. Follow the early beginnings as young Val earns the right of Knighthood and becomes Prince Valiant, Knight of the Round Table!

Prince Valiant Fights Attila the Hun
Prince Valiant, Book 2
Length: 1 hr and 51 mins

Prince Valiant helps his father reclaim his throne in the kingdom of Thule, fights alongside King Arthur, and is made a knight of the Round Table in recompense for his bravery and wit. Bored by the peace he helped to create, Val decides to do battle with the Huns, whose forces are descending on Southern Europe.

Prince Valiant’s Perilous Voyage
Prince Valiant, Book 3
Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins

This title features one of Hal Foster’s patented epics, “The Long Voyage to Thule”, which chronicles Valiant’s return to his birthplace and reunion with his father. Also included are a series of shorter adventures including “The Seductress”, “The Call of the Sea”, and “The Jealous Cripple”, as well as the fan favorite “The Winning of Aleta”, in which Val finally sets out to find his long-lost love.

Prince Valiant on the Inland Sea
Prince Valiant, Book 4
Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

With the Singing Sword at his side and a song on his lips Valiant sets out with Tristram, the Courteous, and Sir Gawain, the Amorous, on an expedition across the Gleaming expanse of the Inland Sea

Prince Valiant and the Golden Princess
Prince Valiant, Book 5
Length: 1 hr and 44 mins

This title concludes the epic tale “The Winning of Aleta”. This is followed by a sequence called “Matrimony”, which ends with a newlywed queen adjusting to the luxurious, exciting court life at Camelot. But Val’s marriage does not signal an end to his adventures, quite the contrary. In “War in the Forest”, Val is sent out to spy on encroaching Saxons - unknowingly aided by Aleta, who, disguised as a small knight (and dubbed “Sir Puny”) helps prevent disaster.

Prince Valiant in the New World
Prince Valiant, Book 6
Length: 1 hr and 46 mins

In Vol. 6, Valiant and Aleta journey to “The New World”, a 16-month epic that allows Foster to draw some of his spectacular native Canadian backgrounds, and during which Aleta gives birth to Arn. Most of the rest of the book is taken up with the action-packed “The Mad King”, during which Val, back at Camelot, confronts the evil, fat little King Tourien of Cornwall.

Prince Valiant and the Three Challenges
Prince Vaiant, Book 7
Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins

In Vol. 7, Valiant now enters the 1950s: The Thule winter is hard and bleak, and a prince who has designs on Aleta must be dealt with. Then it’s another epic-length story, “The Missionaries”, in which Val and several of his fellow knights and crew travel to Rome on a quest for teachers who might bring Christianity to Thule.