Mariel of Redwall

Brian Jacques

Sep 2004 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Brian Jacques and A Full Cast

About this audiobook

With nearly eight million copies of his Redwall series in print, Brian Jacques is one of the most popular authors
in the world. A New York Times bestseller, Mariel of Redwall serves up generous helpings of everything Jacques’
countless fans love—rousing escapades, mouthwatering feasts, and endearing characters from deep in the woods of
Mossflower country.

Mousemaid Mariel and her bellmaker father are besieged and tossed into the sea by vicious pirate rat Gabool and
his thugs. Washed ashore, Mariel is taken in by the kind animals of Redwall Abbey. But Mariel cannot find her father
and is certain he has lost his life. With a motley band of adventurers, she swears revenge and begins a perilous quest
straight into the heart of Gabool’s stronghold—where a few surprises await.

Longtime fans of the world of Mossflower will find everything they love in this exhilarating tale, while newcomers
will have no trouble jumping straight in and getting lost in a magical, marvelous world. The author himself leads a
talented, full cast of performers in bringing this wonderfully fantastic tale to bright and glorious life.

Ratings and reviews

Brian delivered another great book...action packed yet calm...5 stars

love hearing the story wish they played the rest of the chapters

what an amazing adventure the author has done it again

About the author

Brian Jacques was born in Liverpool, England on June 15, 1939. After he finished St. John's School at the age of fifteen, he became a merchant seaman and travelled to numerous ports including New York, Valparaiso, San Francisco, and Yokohama. Tiring of the lonely life of a sailor, he returned to Liverpool where he worked as a railway fireman, a longshoreman, a long-distance truck driver, a bus driver, a boxer, a police constable, a postmaster, and a stand-up comic. During the sixties, he was a member of the folk singing group The Liverpool Fishermen. He wrote both poetry and music, but he began his writing career in earnest as a playwright. His three stage plays Brown Bitter, Wet Nellies, and Scouse have been performed at the Everyman Theatre. He wrote Redwall for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, where he delivered milk as a truck driver. His style of writing is very descriptive, because of the nature of his first audience, for whom he painted pictures with words, so that they could see them in their imaginations. After Alan Durband, his childhood English teacher, read Redwall, he showed it to a publisher without telling Jacques. This event led to a contract for the first five books in the Redwall series. He also wrote the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. He died on February 5, 2011.