Mariel of Redwall
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Mariel of Redwall is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques
, published in 1991. It is the fourth book in the Redwall
series.
The protagonist, Mariel Gullwhacker, was enslaved by Gabool the Wild when her father Joseph's ship, the Periwinkle, was captured. It had been carrying a bell to Lord Rawnblade Widestripe in Salamandastron, and that, too, was seized by Gabool. After attacking Gabool, the mouse was thrown into the sea and washed up on the shore, causing her to lose her memory. She took the name "Storm Gullwhacker", and gave the name "Gullwhacker" to the rope she had used to fight off a seabird.
Three members of the Long Patrol, Colonel Clary, Brigadier Thyme, and the Honorable Rosemary, escort Mariel to a squirrel named Pakatugg. He is given the task to lead Mariel to Redwall, where the woodlanders help her regain her memory. She befriends a young fieldmouse named Dandin, a hedgehog named Durry Quill, and a hare that carries an instrument called a harolina named Tarquin Longleap Woodsorrel, and together they journey to Gabool's island of Terramort to defeat him. Lord Rawnblade also joins the four comrades later on to help them defeat Gabool in his fortress of Bladegirt, where he commands a fleet of searat and corsair ships. The denizens of Redwall, meanwhile, defended the Abbey against Graypatch, a searat on the run from Gabool's army, and his horde. Clary and Thyme, along with Pakatugg, are killed freeing slaves from Graypatch's camp. Graypatch decides to return to his ship but is killed by Oak Tom, a squirrel allied with Redwall.
Gabool, meanwhile, is slowly being driven insane. After capturing Mariel's father, who was transporting the bell to Salamandastron, he begins to hallucinate, believing to hear the bell ring when no one else is in the room. After a battle with the protagonists, Gabool is killed by his pet scorpion. The bell is eventually recovered from Gabool and given to Redwall Abbey as a gift. Named after its creator, it becomes the Joseph Bell.
Brian Jacques
James Brian Jacques was an English author best known for his Redwall series of novels and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. He also completed two collections of short stories entitled The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns and Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales.-Biography:Brian Jacques was born...
, published in 1991. It is the fourth book in the Redwall
Redwall
Redwall, by Brian Jacques, is a series of fantasy novels. It is the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, the name of the Abbey featured in the book, and the name of an animated TV series based on three of the novels , which first aired in 1999...
series.
Plot introduction
When a young mousemaid loses her memory in a shipwreck, she takes the name "Storm Gullwhacker" after a successful encounter with a seagull. As she regains her memory while at Redwall Abbey, however, she swears vengeance against Gabool the Wild, the searat who had tried to slay her, and had taken her father captive.Plot summary
Three members of the Long Patrol, Colonel Clary, Brigadier Thyme, and the Honorable Rosemary, escort Mariel to a squirrel named Pakatugg. He is given the task to lead Mariel to Redwall, where the woodlanders help her regain her memory. She befriends a young fieldmouse named Dandin, a hedgehog named Durry Quill, and a hare that carries an instrument called a harolina named Tarquin Longleap Woodsorrel, and together they journey to Gabool's island of Terramort to defeat him. Lord Rawnblade also joins the four comrades later on to help them defeat Gabool in his fortress of Bladegirt, where he commands a fleet of searat and corsair ships. The denizens of Redwall, meanwhile, defended the Abbey against Graypatch, a searat on the run from Gabool's army, and his horde. Clary and Thyme, along with Pakatugg, are killed freeing slaves from Graypatch's camp. Graypatch decides to return to his ship but is killed by Oak Tom, a squirrel allied with Redwall.
Gabool, meanwhile, is slowly being driven insane. After capturing Mariel's father, who was transporting the bell to Salamandastron, he begins to hallucinate, believing to hear the bell ring when no one else is in the room. After a battle with the protagonists, Gabool is killed by his pet scorpion. The bell is eventually recovered from Gabool and given to Redwall Abbey as a gift. Named after its creator, it becomes the Joseph Bell.
Plot Inconsistancies
- In chapter 13 of Book 1, Brother Hubert is mistakenly referred to as Abbot Hubert.
- In chapter 18 of Book 1, Pakatugg the Squirrel is referred to as a hedgehog.
- In Abbot Saxtus's writings, he refers to Bagg as a mole.
Redwallers and companions
- Mariel Gullwhacker
- Joseph the Bellmaker
- Rawnblade Widestripe
- Colonel Clary
- Brigadier Thyme
- The Honourable Rosemary (Hon Rosie)
- Dandin
- Saxtus
- Durry Quill
- Rufe Brush
- Tarquin Longleap Woodsorrel
- Pakatugg
Searats and corsairs
- Gabool the Wild
- Orgeye
- Hookfin
- Bluddrigg
- Garrtail
- Riptung
- Skullgor
- Grimtooth
- Saltar
- Greypatch
Gabool's ships and their crews
- Waveblade:
- Orgeye
- Durry Quill (as the Gabriel)
- Blacksail:
- Hookfin
- Tarquin L. Woodsorrel (as the Hon Rosie)
- Rathelm:
- Flogga
- Greenfang:
- Bluddrigg
- Garrtail
- Nightwake:
- Riptung
- Dandin (as the Abbot Bernard)
- Seatalon:
- Catseyes
- Fishtail
- Crabclaw: (originally Periwinkle)
- Captain Ash
- Skullgor
- Grimtooth
- Joseph the Bellmaker (under original name)
- Darkqueen:
- Saltar
- Graypatch
- Frink
- Deadglim
- Lardgutt
- Kybo
- Fishgill
- Bigfang
- Reekhide
- Stumpclaw
- Shornear
Book divisions (English)
- Book 1: The Maid from the Sea (Chapters 1-18)
- Book 2: The Strange Forest (Chapters 19-26)
- Book 3: The Sound of a Bell! (Chapters 27-42)
Translations
- (DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) Mariël- Mariël: Het Verlaten Strand
- Mariël: Het Oneindige Bos
- Mariël: Eiland Aardedood
- (FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
) Mariel, taistelija - (FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) Rougemuraille : Mariel- Tome 1 : La Révolte de Tempête
- Tome 2 : Kamoul le Sauvage
- Tome 3 : La Forêt hostile
- Tome 4 : À l'assaut de Terramort
- (GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
) Mariel: Das Geheimnis der Glocke - (ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
) Mariel di Redwall - (SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) Mariel de Redwall - (SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
) Mariel, klockmakarens dotter - (RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
) old version - Мэриел, new version - Мэриел из Рэдволла