


He remained a patron of the school until his death.īrian lived in Liverpool, where his two grown sons, Marc, a carpenter and bricklayer, and David, a professor of Art and a muralist, still reside. Because of the nature of his first audience, he made his style of writing as descriptive as possible, painting pictures with words so that the schoolchildren could see them in their imaginations. He wrote Redwall for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, where as a truck driver, he delivered milk. He had always loved to write, but it was only then that he realized he had a talent for it. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". Brian's teacher could not, and would not believe that a ten year old could write so well. John's foreshadowed his future career as an author given an assignment to write a story about animals, he wrote a short story about a bird who cleaned a crocodile's teeth. At the age of ten, his very first day at St. John's School, an inner city school featuring a playground on its roof. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.īrian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St. Together with the irrepressible haremaid, Dotti, and a host of brave creatures, Brocktree journeys to Salamandastron to fulfil his destiny.Brian Jacques (pronounced 'jakes') was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. But if he is to rescue the mountain from Trunn and his verminous hordes, he must gather about him an army capable of defeating them in battle. Nothing, that is, but the badger Lord Brocktree, who is drawn to Salamandastron by an undeniable sense of. The mountain's defences are weak and it seems that nothing can stand in his way. Ungatt Trunn, the wildcat who can make the stars fall from the sky, has attacked with his Blue Hordes and is determined that the fortress should be his. The thirteenth book in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga - soon to be a major Netflix movie! Salamandastron, under the guardianship of old Lord Stonepaw, is under threat from an enemy of immense and terrifying power. Category: (G) General (US: Trade) (J) Children / Juvenile.

This work is a blend of heroism and adventure. He journeys to Salamandastron to fulfil his destiny. Lord Brocktree must gather about him an army capable of defeating them in battle. He has attacked with his Blue Hordes, and is determined that the fortress should be his. Salamandastron is under threat from Ungatt Trunn. Description for Lord Brocktree Paperback.
