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I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it.

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Brian Jacques
Age: 71 †
Born: 1939
Born: June 15
Died: 2011
Died: February 5
Writer
City of Liverpool
James Brian Jacques
Children
Along
Writing
Grew
Abbey
Something
Imagination
Manuscript
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Visuals
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Visual
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