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The mountain of Salamandastron needs the help of Brocktree the Badger Lord when evil comes in the form of the Blue Hordes of Ungatt Trunn, the Earth Shaker.Tags
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The young haremaid Dotti and the badger-warrior Lord Brocktree--unlikely comrades--set out for Salamandastron together, only to discover the legendary mountain has been captured by the wildcat Ungatt Trunn and his Blue Hordes. To face them, the two must rally an army--hares and otters, shrews and moles, mice and squirrels--and execute a plan that makes up in cleverness what it lacks in force!
It's a blast coming back to this series, which I loved so much as a kid. I'll eventually get to the rest of them, but I'll save it for a time when I really need it.
Lord Brocktree felt like comfort warm blanket, all of Jacques trademarks are here - vivid descriptions of food, all manner of woodland creatures uniting to defeat an evil force, funny songs and never shying away from some pretty brutal deaths.
Badgers are great, Salamandastron is still my favorite name for a fortress. A bit formulaic, but that's all part of it.
Lord Brocktree felt like comfort warm blanket, all of Jacques trademarks are here - vivid descriptions of food, all manner of woodland creatures uniting to defeat an evil force, funny songs and never shying away from some pretty brutal deaths.
Badgers are great, Salamandastron is still my favorite name for a fortress. A bit formulaic, but that's all part of it.
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Since this book does have split storylines that connect in the end, I will just sum the story up as a whole. Lord Brocktree is mostly about a badger named, you guessed it, Lord Brocktree. The first branch of the story is about an old badger named Stonepaw, who rules the mountain Salamandastron. As most of the young hares have left in search of adventure, there is none to defend it but Lord Stonepaw and the older fighting hares. Seeing this weakness, Ungatt Trunn, a wildcat, decides to take Salamandastron with the massive army he commands. Lord Stonepaw is soon overpowered and retreats to the secret cellars of the mountain, where they hide until they find a way to sneak out. Fortunately they do before they starve, as there was no show more food in that cellar, but Lord Stonepaw had to sacrifice himself to give his remaining hares the time to escape. The hares escape the mountain and meet an otter clan who help them try to starve out the army that took Salamandastron. The second branch is about Lord Brocktree, who meets a young haremaid named Dotti. Both creatures are headed for Salamandastron. They soon meet an otter named Ruff and he joins their party on the journey to the mountain. Ruff helps them traverse the land even faster by using a boat. After traveling for a while they meet a mole family who let them stay and eat for a while. One of the sons, Gurth, joins their group. After traveling a little longer, they come across a baby hedgehog stuck in the water with a pike coming towards it. Ruff wrestles the pike until they can rescue the baby hedgehog. After meeting the shrews, who had also seen the baby in the water but couldn't do anything about it, the shrews all decided to join Lord Brocktree and help him on his quest. They then met the cast of the third branch of the story. The third branch of the story is about a hare scout sent out by Lord Stonepaw to gather more troops before Ungatt Trunn attacked. He met a tribe of squirrels who decided to help him gather an army. They found out about a small kingdom of hares from an owl and met a rabble of hedgehogs along the way. They then met the second branch's group when they were looking for the hare kingdom. They found the hare kingdom, beat the king and gained the hare army. They then went to Salamandastron where they met the first branch's group and joined forces to defeat Ungatt Trunn. They then had a massive battle and Lord Brocktree beat Ungatt Trunn. Lord Brocktree became ruler of Salamandastron.
My Thoughts
Lord Brocktree was a great read, I definitely enjoyed it. All the characters were well done, and the dialogue was very well written. The great amount of different dialects spoken by all of the different animals is very cool. I always liked the badgers, so having an entire book all about one is awesome. Lord Brocktree was a really great main character. The villain was not the best though. I would definitely reccomend to anyone looking for a fun read. show less
Since this book does have split storylines that connect in the end, I will just sum the story up as a whole. Lord Brocktree is mostly about a badger named, you guessed it, Lord Brocktree. The first branch of the story is about an old badger named Stonepaw, who rules the mountain Salamandastron. As most of the young hares have left in search of adventure, there is none to defend it but Lord Stonepaw and the older fighting hares. Seeing this weakness, Ungatt Trunn, a wildcat, decides to take Salamandastron with the massive army he commands. Lord Stonepaw is soon overpowered and retreats to the secret cellars of the mountain, where they hide until they find a way to sneak out. Fortunately they do before they starve, as there was no show more food in that cellar, but Lord Stonepaw had to sacrifice himself to give his remaining hares the time to escape. The hares escape the mountain and meet an otter clan who help them try to starve out the army that took Salamandastron. The second branch is about Lord Brocktree, who meets a young haremaid named Dotti. Both creatures are headed for Salamandastron. They soon meet an otter named Ruff and he joins their party on the journey to the mountain. Ruff helps them traverse the land even faster by using a boat. After traveling for a while they meet a mole family who let them stay and eat for a while. One of the sons, Gurth, joins their group. After traveling a little longer, they come across a baby hedgehog stuck in the water with a pike coming towards it. Ruff wrestles the pike until they can rescue the baby hedgehog. After meeting the shrews, who had also seen the baby in the water but couldn't do anything about it, the shrews all decided to join Lord Brocktree and help him on his quest. They then met the cast of the third branch of the story. The third branch of the story is about a hare scout sent out by Lord Stonepaw to gather more troops before Ungatt Trunn attacked. He met a tribe of squirrels who decided to help him gather an army. They found out about a small kingdom of hares from an owl and met a rabble of hedgehogs along the way. They then met the second branch's group when they were looking for the hare kingdom. They found the hare kingdom, beat the king and gained the hare army. They then went to Salamandastron where they met the first branch's group and joined forces to defeat Ungatt Trunn. They then had a massive battle and Lord Brocktree beat Ungatt Trunn. Lord Brocktree became ruler of Salamandastron.
My Thoughts
Lord Brocktree was a great read, I definitely enjoyed it. All the characters were well done, and the dialogue was very well written. The great amount of different dialects spoken by all of the different animals is very cool. I always liked the badgers, so having an entire book all about one is awesome. Lord Brocktree was a really great main character. The villain was not the best though. I would definitely reccomend to anyone looking for a fun read. show less
I first read the Redwall books years ago and I still enjoy them when I recently re-read them. I love the world building and the creativity with which these animals were anthropomorphized. The level of description is really well done and very detailed. So adventurous and so very entertaining.
This book helps to explain a couple of things about the world of Redwall, including the Long Patrol, but personally, I don't think this was one of the author's best books. Some of the scenes could get repetitive, but then it could be because I've read so many of these books. Heh.
oH look it's another Redwall book where I predicted the entire plot/who dies, who lives, who tells your story
but hey, I did like it, sort of - the hilarious fights between Dotti & whassit's name were worth it in a way?? -blinks-
but hey, I did like it, sort of - the hilarious fights between Dotti & whassit's name were worth it in a way?? -blinks-
I had a little trouble getting into this one when I was younger but it did finally catch on and I couldn't put it down
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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 show more 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. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Lord Brocktree
- Original publication date
- 2000 (original) (original)
- People/Characters
- Lord Brocktree of Brockhall; Ungatt Trunn; Lord Stonepaw; Dotti; Ruff; Jukka the Sling (show all 15); Groddil; Fleetscut; the Grand Fragorl; Stiffener Medick; Gurth; Bucko Bigbones; Brogalaw; Grenn; Karangool
- Important places
- Salamandastron; Mossflower Wood
- Epigraph
- I am the Teller of Tales,
Gaze into the fire with me,
For I know of the Badger Lords,
And their mountain, by the sea.
'Tis of a fearsom warrior,
Full of fate and destiny,
Who followed dreams, along strange p... (show all)aths,
Unknown to such as we.
The Badger Lord was fearless,
As all who followed him knew,
And the haremaid he befriended,
Why, she was as young as you!
But no less bold or courageous,
Full of valor and strong of heart,
Aye, young 'uns like you, good and true,
My stand to take their part.
So here is my story, may it bring
Some smiles, and a tear or so,
It happened, once upon a time,
Far away, and long ago.
Outside the night wind keens and wails,
Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales. - Dedication
- In memory of Gerry Ryan, a great singer and a good friend
- First words
- Lord Russano of Salamandastron put aside his quill and capped a tiny gourd of ink with a wooden stopper.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"For this is the word of the Badger Lord and the law of Salamandastron, passed down to us from Lord Brocktree."
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