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Redwall #15

Triss

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New York Times bestselling author Brian Jacques gives us another tales of Redwall, filled with “The Knights of the Round Table with paws” (The Sunday Times) along with their friends and enemies.

All her life, Triss the squirrelmaid has suffered the tyranny of the evil ferret king King Agarnu and his daughter, Princess Kurda. But with the help of her fellow slaves, Shogg the otter and Welfo the hedgehog, Triss plans and executes a daring escape by sea. Meanwhile, in Mossflower forest, a new mystery has arisen: a pair of wandering Dibbuns has accidentally discovered what may be the long-lost secret entrance to Brockhall-original home of the warrior badgers. The threads of the story eventually come together when Triss happens upon Redwall in her flight and takes up the famous sword of Martin. The rest is Redwall history.

389 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2002
Series
Redwall

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Format
389 pages, Paperback
Published
September 9, 2004 by Firebird
ISBN
9780142402481
ASIN
0142402486
Language
English

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About the author

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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. 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. Brian's teacher could not, and would not believe that a ten year old could write so 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 he had a talent for it.
He wrote Redwall for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, where as a truck driver, he delivered milk. 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 remained a patron of the school until his death.

Brian lived in Liverpool, where his two grown sons, Marc, a carpenter and bricklayer, and David, a professor of Art and a muralist, still reside. David Jacques' work can be seen in Children's hospitals, soccer stadiums, and trade union offices as far away as Germany, Mexico, and Chile (not to mention Brian's photo featured in most of his books).

Brian also ran a weekly radio show on BBC Radio Merseyside, until October 2006, where he shared his comedy and wit, and played his favourites from the world of opera - he was a veritable expert on The Three Tenors.

When he was wasn't writing, Brian enjoyed walking his dog 'Teddy', a white West Highland Terrier, and completing crossword puzzles. When he found time he read the works of Mario Puzo, Damon Runyon, Richard Condon, Larry McMurty, and P.G. Wodehouse. He was also known to cook an impressive version of his favourite dish, spaghetti and meatballs.

Sadly, Brian passed away on the 5th February 2011.

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vaskoosama
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April 26,2025
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There are some parts in Triss that I can still remember reading for the first time late at night. There is some genuine fear and tension folded into the text that I always appreciate, and it all centers on something that the series never does again, which I'm thankful for, because it makes this one stand out all the more. Alongside that, the different parallel stories all have some unique airs to them that make their eventual crossing much more satisfying. Top it all off with an interesting villain/hero relationship played into almost a rivalry, and you've got a real page turner.
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nr101
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April 26,2025
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Another one of Redwall's 'fun' installments. Not nearly as dark as the other books, but just as adventurous and epic. The characters weren't my favorite out of the series, but still lovable and charismatic.
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jwheeties
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April 26,2025
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When teaching middle school, all of Brian Jacques books were on my student bookshelf. This one was enjoyed by the girls especially since it had a "shero" instead of the hero. It has been years, so decided to read it again. Nice way to spend some time.
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Shinsuoh
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April 26,2025
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I read these as a child and am re-reading the series out of order (as usual it seems!). What I had forgotten was how formulaic they are. This was very similar to the others I have read - different gangs of animals, good vs. evil themes, lots of endless descriptions of food and eating, animals travelling from one place to another, a battle, fighting. It did get a bit tedious, and Scarum was intensely irritating. I honestly would have pushed him overboard and/or poisoned his food, but this book is intended for children after all.



Another thing I've always wondered is how Jacques actually imagined the physical size differences between the animals - they are depicted as fairly similarly sized - but in reality an otter jumping into a boat full of shrews will surely end with a result similar to a herd of lemmings charging off a cliff, ie. mass death, but maybe I'm over analyzing.

The cover of the book was a nice misty lavender affair and I love the illustrations, it all just felt a little repetitive and predictable. I've seen other reviewers felt the same. The other peculiar thing I found was that whilst the book is called 'Triss' after the squirrel 'swordmaid', she only plays a minor part and isn't central to the book. It seems more like a introduction or backstory and doesn't read well as a novel in itself.

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besosondos
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April 26,2025
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I found this in a charity shop and bought it out of nostalgia as I loved the Redwall books when I was younger. I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped. I'm not sure if it's because I'm 'too old' for it now but I do think it isn't as good as some of the other books in the series.

Jacques writing is beautiful, especially the poems, songs and descriptions. He also doesn't shy away from tackling adult topics like death, love, loyalty, revenge etc. However the written versions of different accents I find distracting now whereas I think I used to find them interesting and challenging to read. I think the characters in this book just aren't as likeable as in some of the others. The ones I liked were good but don't have all that much depth, and there were definitely a few irritating ones!
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