Marlfox A Tale of Redwall,

Jacques, B.,:

ISBN 10: 0091768500 / ISBN 13: 9780091768508

Published by London Hutchinson, 1988

About this Item

First Edition: Hardback, green bds., gold titles, 140 x 220 mm., 600 g., 386 pp., illustrated by Fangorn, original pictorial dw., by Fangorn, VG+/VG+ copy.

Seller Inventory # 8553

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Marlfox A Tale of Redwall,
• Publisher: London Hutchinson
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091768500
• ISBN 13: 9780091768508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Books for Children,

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Synopsis

The eleventh novel in the Redwall series. Known only by legend, the Marlfox are said to be able to appear and disappear by magic. A kidnapping and a cunning raid to steal the beautiful Redwall tapestry, confirm fears that evil is abroad in Redwall.

Review

For this enchanting novel Brian Jacques has brought to bear the experience of his eventful and adventuresome life, a life which has taken him all over the world and seen him variously described as folk singer, playwright, and broadcaster. No doubt his usual writing environment--garden in summer, conservatory in winter--provides him with the ideal theater for observing the wildlife on which the book's unusual central characters are based.

It is, perhaps, appropriate that the story line revolves around the theft of the famous Redwall Tapestry, for Marlfox is a richly woven tapestry, skillfully running together threads of the magical and mythical with the "natural world," to give its audience a heady blend of fairy tale and medieval adventure. The result is a tale of grand themes and conflicting human passions played out against a backdrop of humor and uncertainty; yet the author manages never to lose sight of the reality of life as experienced by the human and animal kingdoms alike.

Young readers will gorge themselves on this literary feast, a spread worthy of comparison to other classics in this vein such as The Hobbit, Duncton Wood, The Mythical Knights of the Round Table, and the stories of C.S. Lewis.