Castaways of the Flying Dutchman: Volume 1

Brian Jacques

Feb 2008 · Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Book 1 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Brian Jacques and A Full Cast

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“Well known for his Redwall books, Jacques here turns his attention to the human world, and his fans will not be disappointed.”—Publishers Weekly

A boy and dog trapped aboard the legendary ship the Flying Dutchman are sent off on an eternal journey by an avenging angel, roaming the earth throughout the centuries in search of those in need. Their travels lead them to Chapelvale, a sleepy nineteenth-century village whose very existence is at stake. Only by discovering the buried secrets and solving the dust-laden riddles of the ancient village can it be saved. This will take the will and wile of all the people—and a very special boy and dog!

“In Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, Brian Jacques takes a bold and brilliant creative step. … It’s exciting to see a front-rank author rise to a new challenge—and his readers are the fortunate beneficiaries.”—Lloyd Alexander

“Well known for his Redwall books, Jacques here turns his attention to the human world, and his fans will not be disappointed.”—Publishers Weekly A boy and dog trapped aboard the legendary ship the Flying Dutchman are sent off on an eternal journey by an avenging angel, roaming the earth throug...

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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 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.

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