Brian Jacques in general

I must confess from the outset that when I sat down to read "Triss", the fifteenth instalment in Brian Jacques' epic "Redwall" series of books, I knew next to nothing about the whole phenomenon. The sum total of my knowledge was that it was set around an abbey populated by forest creatures with human characteristics and that there is some kind of "Redwall" fan club that attracts an anorak following among 12 year-olds who, let's face it, by now should be learning to swear along to their Eminem CDs and weild baseball bats as they deal Temazepan on their local housing estates. Cynical? Me? Of course I am, this is the age of So ...

Not since i was a child have i ever read a childrens book. Redwall written by brain jacques is simply anmzing. Let me explain what it is about. In a wood called mossflower, a small abbey resides called redwall. But theres one small problem about these woods and abbey, they are run by animals. All the animals talk and do things that humans do. The abbey is formely owned by mice but they let other creatuers inas well, like otters and moles and badgers. Of course like any world their existance is always threatened. But normaly they are attacked by cats, rats and foxes. In the abbey, everything goes on as normal. The abbey is run by an abbot, and there is ...

I can still remember the day I first discovered Brian Jacques - I was eleven and it was the first visit to the library after moving to Gloucester. I borrowed a copy of Salamandastron - the fifth book in the series, and I was instantly spellbound! Thirteen books later (with a fourteenth eagerly anticipated) and a few days from my twentieth birthday, I'm still as obsessed as ever!!!! The Redwall series concerns several main places - the red brick abbey of Redwall itself; Mossflower - the huge forest surrounding it; and Salamandastron - the mountain of the Badger Lords that stands on the coast to the west of Mossflower. The difference in this ...