February 5, 2011Brian Jacques / Date of death

Is Brian Jacques dead?

February 5, 2011Brian Jacques / Date of death

What did Brian Jacques write?

He wrote what he called “a proper story,” brimming with battle and gallantry. Titled “Redwall” and published in 1986, it became the first installment in what is now a best-selling 21-volume children’s fantasy series. Mr. Jacques died on Saturday in Liverpool, at 71.

Who wrote Redwall?

Brian Jacques
Brian Jaques
Redwall/Authors

How old is Redwall?

340 Million Years Ago: The Redwall Limestone formed. An abundance of marine fossils in this rock layer indicate that it formed on the bottom of an ancient ocean.

How old is Brian Jacques?

71 years (1939–2011)Brian Jacques / Age at death

What religion was Brian Jacques?

Above all, he drew on his early experiences as an altar boy in the Catholic church, and particularly the Latin in which the services were conducted, for the rich language and imagery of his writing. Jacques went to St John’s school, Kirkdale, until he was 15.

How many jobs did Brian Jacques have?

When he was 15, Jacques left school to join the merchant marine to help support his family. A series of odd jobs followed that included longshoreman, railroad worker, truck driver and policeman. He also wrote plays, published poems and with two brothers joined the 1960s folk-singing group the Liverpool Fishermen.

Do humans exist in Redwall?

Are there humans in Redwall? No, there are no humans in Redwall.

Did the Redwall series end?

Yet Jacques clearly still had no intention of stopping by the time the new decade rolled around, and he had bypassed twenty novels. Jacques tragically passed away in February 2011. I was crushed when I discovered this a month later—I had personally met him back in 2005. With his death, the series officially ended.

Do humans exist in the Redwall universe?

Is Redwall human sized?

And yet there are specific instances in the first Redwall book that indicate that the Abbey is in fact human-sized. In order to get over the wall to the Abbey, Cluny and his gang of rats and ferrets must climb up a giant oak tree, and even then from the tallest branches, they have to extend a plank out and up.

Is Matthias related to Martin?

Matthias (IPA:mʌθɑiʌs), later called Matthias the Warrior, was a male mouse of Redwall Abbey and the husband of Cornflower, father of Mattimeo, and the grandfather of Martin II.