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The Bellmaker (Redwall #7)
It has been four seasons since Mariel, the warrior-mouse daughter of Joseph the Bellmaker, and her companion, Dandin, set off from Redwall to fight evil in Mossflower. Nothing has been heard of them since. Then one night, in a dream, the legendary Martin the Warrior comes to the Bellmaker with a mysterious message. Clearly, Mariel and Dandin are in grave danger. Joseph and...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
February 9th 2004
by Firebird
(first published June 2nd 1994)
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It sucks that a man with such talent for world-building rarely chose to explore it.
The Bellmaker, to my knowledge, is the only Redwall book set in Southward/Floret. It's also the only Redwall book with a good rat (who goes into self-exile), a mole who isn't Mushmouth (finally), and arctic wolves (dead before we knew ye). Dandin, Mariel and Joseph are welcome faces, though it would have been nice to see more of them before their send-off.
Villain Death: Urgan Nagru gets his head bashed into a tre...more
The Bellmaker, to my knowledge, is the only Redwall book set in Southward/Floret. It's also the only Redwall book with a good rat (who goes into self-exile), a mole who isn't Mushmouth (finally), and arctic wolves (dead before we knew ye). Dandin, Mariel and Joseph are welcome faces, though it would have been nice to see more of them before their send-off.
Villain Death: Urgan Nagru gets his head bashed into a tre...more
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The Bellmaker, written by Brian Jacques, is the story of Joseph the Bellmaker, and his quest to find his daughter and her friend Dandin who he believes to be in dire peril. The story takes place at Redwall and in the Southern Lands, where a war is being raged between the vicious fox Urgan Nagru and the good Squirrel King Gael.
*Spoiler*
My favorite part of the book was during the massive battle happened in which Mariel, Dandin, Meldrum, the otters, Finnbarr, Joseph and the rest fight Nagru's hord...more
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My favorite part of the book was during the massive battle happened in which Mariel, Dandin, Meldrum, the otters, Finnbarr, Joseph and the rest fight Nagru's hord...more
I'm a little fuzzy on all the details, but I know I adored this book. Mariel, Dandin, and Mariel's father were all so dear to me.
Instead of trying to recall details about the book, I'm gonna write a little something to Mr. Jacques (may he rest in peace.)
Dear Brian Jacques,
I only ever met you once in my lifetime. You came to a book signing at Third Place Books in Seattle a long, long time ago. I remember you saying, "I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new book...more
Instead of trying to recall details about the book, I'm gonna write a little something to Mr. Jacques (may he rest in peace.)
Dear Brian Jacques,
I only ever met you once in my lifetime. You came to a book signing at Third Place Books in Seattle a long, long time ago. I remember you saying, "I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new book...more
The Bellmaker, written by Brian Jacques, is part of the Redwall series. This book is about Joseph the Bellmaker trying to find his daughter and her companion. The protagonists are Joseph the Bellmaker, Mariel, Joseph’s daughter and Warriormaid of Redwall, and Dandin, Mariel’s companion. The antagonists are Urgan Nagru, the Foxwolf, and Silvamord, his mate.
Joseph doesn’t know where Mariel and Dandin are, and it’s been four seasons since they left. Abbot Saxtus and the Redwallers have no clue e...more
Joseph doesn’t know where Mariel and Dandin are, and it’s been four seasons since they left. Abbot Saxtus and the Redwallers have no clue e...more
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The Bellmaker (Redwall, #7)
by Brian Jacques
397 Pg.
Puffin
044100315X
The BellMaker is a fantasy novel divided into three different books. It is one of the 7 novels in the Redwall trilogy. Instead of humans, this fantasy used animals as its characters. Mariel and Dandin set off to fight evil, but since then, there had been no word of them. In Martin the Warrior's dream, he goes to the Bellmaker with a message that they were in grave danger. Thus, starting the adventure for Joseph and other Redwalle...more
by Brian Jacques
397 Pg.
Puffin
044100315X
The BellMaker is a fantasy novel divided into three different books. It is one of the 7 novels in the Redwall trilogy. Instead of humans, this fantasy used animals as its characters. Mariel and Dandin set off to fight evil, but since then, there had been no word of them. In Martin the Warrior's dream, he goes to the Bellmaker with a message that they were in grave danger. Thus, starting the adventure for Joseph and other Redwalle...more
This book is at the same time one of the singularly most beautiful stories I have ever read, and one of the most original and humorous.
I can't explain how author Brian Jacques is able to turn out bold, mysterious, resounding and completely wonderful stories every time he takes pen to page, but The Bellmaker easily rivals any of the other classics that he has created. The depth and shining beauty of the writing is unsurpassed in all of literature, in my opinion; it is romantic and entertaining...more
I can't explain how author Brian Jacques is able to turn out bold, mysterious, resounding and completely wonderful stories every time he takes pen to page, but The Bellmaker easily rivals any of the other classics that he has created. The depth and shining beauty of the writing is unsurpassed in all of literature, in my opinion; it is romantic and entertaining...more
The Redwall books ought to be a perennial children's favorite. They are simple and formulaic, but it's a good formula! Jacques has a real gift for dialect, and culinary descriptions. I credit an early fascination with the Redwall stories for my modern-day feats of gastronomic delight. "Salad anna scone!"
I didn't like Redwall. Not at all. And when I saw this book, there was no way I was going to read it.
But I read it.
And now I'm glad I did.
It wasn't great...... I found the characters a little flat and the story a little typical. But it was still pretty good.
Until now, in the Redwall books, there has been a lot of stereotyping with the different rodents -- all the mice, badgers, hares, moles, and voles are good, all the rats, foxes, ferrets, and weasels are bad. I liked that in this story, one...more
But I read it.
And now I'm glad I did.
It wasn't great...... I found the characters a little flat and the story a little typical. But it was still pretty good.
Until now, in the Redwall books, there has been a lot of stereotyping with the different rodents -- all the mice, badgers, hares, moles, and voles are good, all the rats, foxes, ferrets, and weasels are bad. I liked that in this story, one...more
The first Redwall book I actually got into and found I had to read it overnight. Exciting adventure and tales of courage in the animal world where the rathorde was evil and the good species, mice, moles, hedgehogs, rabbits and otters and of course badgers must organize to defeat them. Two things I especially enjoyed was the Canterburian practice of combining words: mousemaid, meadowcream, names like Bladenose, Roaringburn, Gullwhacker. The best thing was the description of the meals! Simple or f...more
I will never be tired of reading this book. The epic involves Mariel and Dandin on another new adventure, with a new warrior, Bowly Pintips joining their merry band. Other old characters such as Abbot Saxtus, Mother Mellus, Simeon, Rufe, Treerose, Oak Tom, Hon Rosie and Joseph the Bellmaker are still as delightful as ever, even though a few years seemed to have passed.
With the aid of a poem from their Protector, Martin the Warrior, the selected five journey from Redwall Abbey to engage in battle...more
With the aid of a poem from their Protector, Martin the Warrior, the selected five journey from Redwall Abbey to engage in battle...more
Apr 06, 2013
Dark-Draco
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I love these tales of Redwall. In this one the warior mice Marial and Dandin have been captured by the Urgan Nagru, a vicious Fox warlord. Marial's father, Joseph the Bellmaker, starts to have dreams from Martin, the founder of Redwall, and sets off with some friends to help rescue them.
This is full of adventure and mischief, although I usually feel more hungry after reading these, as the descriptions of the feasts are fantastic. There is a lot of 'death' for a children's book, but it all fits i...more
This is full of adventure and mischief, although I usually feel more hungry after reading these, as the descriptions of the feasts are fantastic. There is a lot of 'death' for a children's book, but it all fits i...more
The book The Bellmaker by Brian Jacques takes place between animals. Urgan Nagru brings rats to Southwards to take hold of Castle Floret. He captured Gael Squirrelking, Serena, Truffen, and Muta. Rab Streambattle and Gael's allies, otters, tires to save them. The manage to save Truffen and Serena but were unable to save Gael and Muta. Gael and Muta kept fighting the rats until they were dead. Serena and Truffen got caught again by the rats and they were led back to the castle.There was amassive...more
This book was a noble effort to bring new life to the Redwall series, but in the end marks a point where the repetition in the stories can be wearying to the reader.
"Muriel of Redwall" was an excellent spice of life to the Redwall stories, introducing the first female main character (and a fairly well-written one at that) and developing the fantasy map of Redwall into an entirely new direction. It seems fitting to deserve a direct sequel in "The Bellmaker", which also features a new area of Redw...more
"Muriel of Redwall" was an excellent spice of life to the Redwall stories, introducing the first female main character (and a fairly well-written one at that) and developing the fantasy map of Redwall into an entirely new direction. It seems fitting to deserve a direct sequel in "The Bellmaker", which also features a new area of Redw...more
This is one of the better books in Brian Jacques' chidren's series for two reasons: 1) The rats, the constant enemy of the community surrounding Redwall Abbey, are depicted in this book as capable of reform and redemption, as exemplified by the transformation of the searat Blaggut. As a parent reading this with my son, I really appreciated Jacques' inclusion of transformation, redemption, and forgiveness into the story, as the previous books in the series only present "us vs. them" scenarios. 2)...more
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If you have been a long-time reader of Brian Jacques and the Redwall books, this should be a welcome addition to your library. For me, this was not the best installment in the series, but other people will doubtlessly like this book more (or less) than I do, since the author does different things within each book. It's not perfect, but this book is still good. Keep up the good work, Mr. Jacques.
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The plot in this book was very similar than in the previous books. Bad fox with his rat army has steel the power from the good squirrel king. Good animals from the Redwall are coming to help him to get his power back. Good in this book was that the Redwalls animals were already familiar from the previous books, example Mariel, Dandin and Joseph. I still think that this book was little boring.
This is one of the few redwall books in which vermin turn out god in the end. i mean, slipp was bad as can be, but blaggut was really good and honest and kind and gentle and not even cowardly. this book puts out a good happy message in that respect. this is the third time i have read this book and it still strikes me this way.
This was the last one that I read in the series, I believe I was in 7th or 8th grade, and moved on to other interests. I do know that I loved all of the first seven books of the series when I was young, and I'm certain that they played a big part in the development of my love for reading at an early age.
Who couldn't love the fact that Mariel appears back on the scene? Obviously, I couldn't! The main thing I remember about this one is how many different story lines Jacques got going on at once... It got confusing pretty easily! Definitely worth it when they all came together in the end of the book though.
The Bellmaker takes you on a journey away from Mossflower and the Redwall Abbey. The characters go to Southsward and faces many different challenges, but still live by the code of the abbey. I liked the story line and would recommend to other readers.
exciting: This book was good but not spectaculare. I think it would be better if they caught every bad animal in the castle and came up from Egbert's tunnels. This book is just not as good as the other books of the redwall series.
I enjoyed this book. I am getting a little bored with the series now, though. I would read several chapters, put it down for a few days, and then pick it up and not know what was going on. I also had more trouble keeping tabs on who was who for characters in this book. But overall it was an enjoyable story. I'm going to take a break and read some different books, then go back to this series later.
Usually Redwall books aren't things I plow through in a day or two, like most YA. Yet I generally get through them in about a week or so, allowing for pauses to read a little of and/or finish other books. (And regular life, but I don't really count that.) This one I had to check out from the library three different times, because the renewal time only adds another two weeks to your time with the book and I just didn't feel compelled to finish it. I've never really liked Mariel, or Dandin for tha...more
This was my first Redwall book. As an eager 5th grader, I gobbled it up in just under twelve days. I've been hooked to the series ever since. I read it again not long ago, and it was just as good as I remember.
Haven't read this book in about 12 years, wanted to see if it still held up... it doesn't. But for a kid's book it's still a fairly entertaining read, despite being completely obvious in its storytelling.
The sequel to "Mariel of Redwall" again a good book, but not hugely important to the series and somewhat hard to understand if you have not read "Mariel of Redwall".
One of my favorite child hood fantasy series. I still love it and occasionally pick one out to read for a light and easy novel. I have read the series many times.
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Brian Jacques (pronounced 'jakes') was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.
Brian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St. John's School, an inner city school featuring a playground on its roof. At the age of ten, his very first day at St. Joh...more
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Brian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St. John's School, an inner city school featuring a playground on its roof. At the age of ten, his very first day at St. Joh...more
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