What is Redwall?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Brian Jacques1 crop.jpg|thumb|The ''Redwall'' series was written by author [[Brian Jacques]].]] '''''Redwall''''' is a series of books written by [[Brian Jacques]]. The first book was written in 1986, and the people are all animals, like mice, rats, moles, otters, stoats, and weasels. The story is about an [[abbey]] called Redwall, and the animals that live there. ''Redwall'' has been made into an opera,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.redwall.org/dave/opera.html |title=Brian Jacques: The Redwall Opera |access-date=2008-02-18 |archive-date=2006-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108165415/http://www.redwall.org/dave/opera.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and an [[Redwall (TV series)|animated TV series]] based on three of the novels (''[[Redwall (novel)|Redwall]]'', ''[[Mattimeo]]'', and ''[[Martin the Warrior]]''), which first aired in 1999. The books are mainly aimed at older children. There were twenty-two [[novels]] and two [[picture books]] published. The twenty-second, and last novel, ''[[The Rogue Crew]]'', was published on May 3, 2011, after Jacques' death.<ref name=figment>{{cite web|title=The Rogue Crew: A Tale of Redwall by Brian Jacques|url=http://dailyfig.figment.com/2011/05/03/the-rogue-crew-a-tale-of-redwall-by-brian-jacques/|publisher=Figment|accessdate=28 May 2012|author=Evan Rindler|date=3 May 2011|archive-date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219083702/http://dailyfig.figment.com/2011/05/03/the-rogue-crew-a-tale-of-redwall-by-brian-jacques/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Overview== The book series does not happen in one particular timeframe. Instead, it is set in many different times in the history of the world of Redwall. Some of the books focus on characters who, in another book, are historical figures (e.g., Martin the Warrior's father, Luke, in ''[[The Legend of Luke]]''). Usually, those books are set before Redwall Abbey was started. There is a timeline in the Redwall series, but it often places the books in a completely diff