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Description
"An animal world as compelling as of The Wind and the Willow...This epic adventure contains the elements of all grand quests, with heroic archetypes that will keep fans of Tolkien and King Arthur tales engaged to the final battle". -- Publishers Weekly
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Summary
The novel centers on the fate of its eponymous abbey and the characters contained within, although much of the book takes place in the forest surrounding the Abbey. Redwall Abbey was founded by an ancient female mouse named Germaine, and a great mouse hero named Martin the Warrior, who swore... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters
- Matthias: a young mouse and main character
- Cluny the Scourge: a rat, the primary antagonist
- Brother Methuselah: a mouse
- Redtooth: Cluny's lackey
- Fangburn: Another of Cluny's lackeys
- Constance the Badger: a female badger who helps Matthias a great deal.
- Jess Squirrel: a female squirrel, mother of Silent Sam
- Basil Stag Hare: a hare and member of the Fur and Foot Fighters' and the Forty-Seventh Hare Border Rangers
- Silent Sam: Paw-sucking squirrel, doesn't speak
- Kilconey: A ferret
- Dunwing Sparra: Mother of Sparra Warbeak
- Sela the Vixen: Healer of Cluny
- Chickenhound: a fox and the son of healer-vixen Sela
- Squire Julian Gingivere: a vegetarian cat, descendant of Gingivere
- Captain Snow: a snowy owl
- Asmodeus Poisonteeth (aka Giant Ice Eyes): a giant male adder
- King Bull Sparra: Crazed sparrow who stole the sword of Martin the Warrior
- Guosim: a shrew
- Shadow: A black rat
- Warbeak Sparra: a a vicious warrior sparrow and friend of Matthias
- Abbot Mortimer: a mouse, ruler of the abby
- Cornflower: a pretty and kind your fieldmouse
- Log-a-Log: leader of the shrew tribes
- Brother Alf: A fishing mouse
First Sentence
Matthias cut a comical little figure as he wobbled his way along the cloisters, with his large sandals flip-flopping and his tail peeping from beneath the baggy folds of an oversized novice's habit.
Table of Contents
Series
This is book 1 in the Redwall series.
Authors & Contributors
- Brian Jacques (Author)
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