false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165652143m/7999.jpg 7999 15 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. <p> It is, perhaps, appropriate that the story line revolves around the theft of the famous Redwall Tapestry, for <I>Marlfox</I> 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. <p> Young readers will gorge themselves on this literary feast, a spread worthy of comparison to other classics in this vein such as <I>The Hobbit</I>, <I>Duncton Wood</I>, <I>The Mythical Knights of the Round Table</I>, and the stories of C.S. Lewis. 1193896 1998 Marlfox (Redwall, #11) total:1966|5:610|4:651|3:572|2:116|1:17| 1966 7619 2540 45 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 18 13:44:14 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 19:09:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Dec 26 16:54:29 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 06:37:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Thu Apr 09 14:14:24 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 14:18:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 15 08:00:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 08:01:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 18:24:25 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 18:27:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 08 14:17:51 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 05 09:41:18 -0700 2009
I would have enjoyed it more if I had started at the begining of the series rather than jumping in at the eleventh book. Such things happen though when you are twelve years old and spy a mysterious fox grasping a wicked looking axe on a book cover.
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Trademarks are good food, good songs and poetry and lots of swashbuckling.v Excellent lyrical storytelling. A great listen as well.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 03 15:30:23 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 15:36:35 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Jun 06 15:22:20 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 15:29:32 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Feb 03 13:00:24 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 12 09:37:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 03 18:43:48 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 18:46:41 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7999