Redwall (Book One: The Wall) [Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Brian Jacques (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1997

3 audio cassettes.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Listening Library; 2003 edition (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807278408
• ISBN-13: 978-0807278406
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,809,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A well-known radio personality in his native Liverpool--as well as an actor, stand-up comic, and playwright--Brian Jacques (1939-2011) was the host of "Jakestown" on BBC Radio Merseyside. Ever the performer, Jacques was well-known for applying his acting and entertainment background to his lively presentations to legions of young fans at schools across the United States and England. Brian Jacques 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. He grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks. His interest in adventure stories began at an early age with reading the books of: Daniel Defoe, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Thomas Malory, Robert Michael Ballantyne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Kenneth Grahame. He attended St. John's School, an inner city school that had its playground on the roof. On his first day at St. John's, at the age of ten, he had an experience that marked his potential as a writer. When given an assignment of writing a story about animals, he wrote about the bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The teacher could not, and would not, believe that a ten year old could write that well. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". He had always loved to write, but it was only then, that he realized that he had a talent for writing. "My favourite teacher was Mr. Austin Thomas. He looked like Lee Marvin. Big Man. A Captain in World War II. He came to school on a big bush bike with the haversack on back. He was a man's man. Always fair. I was fourteen at the time when Mr. Thomas introduced the class to poetry and Greek literature. (Because of him, I saved seven shillings and sixpence to buy The Iliad and The Odyssey at this dusty used book shop.)" This interest in poetry extended to Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Goldsmith. It was also at St. John's that Brian met a teacher, Alan Durband (who also taught two Beatles, Paul McCartney and George Harrison), who, more than thirty years later would bring about a major change in his life. After Brian finished school at fifteen, he set out to find adventure as a merchant seaman. He travelled to many far away 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 bobby (Police Constable 216D), a postmaster, and a stand-up comic. Jacques passed away in February of 2011 at the age of 71.

Customer Reviews

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my most favorite books!, May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Redwall (Book One: The Wall) (Audio Cassette)

When I read this book I could not put it down!! Never ending action and adventure with Cluny the Scorge and his hoard of rats battling the Redwall Abbey. I read this book any time I had a chance. I think it has two great themes to it, never give up and nothing's impossible no matter how old you are!!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Book Just Wasnt Jaques best, April 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Redwall (Book One: The Wall) (Audio Cassette)

The book had a good story it just didn't do what most of Jaques' books do which is have one story at redwall and another about a group of warriors or travelers on their way to or from Redwall.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These books are GREAT!, June 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Redwall (Book One: The Wall) (Audio Cassette)

I have read all the books in this series from Mossflower to The long Patrol! I love this series! I am amazed at how Brian Jacques is able to write all the stories and poems. I also like The Great Redwall Feast.