Greetings chaps and chapesses! We hope everyone is doing well amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We have a great Redwall Collectors Community entry today.
Given that much of the world was totally shutdown a few months ago, we thought this would be the perfect time to hunt down the Russian versions of Castaways of the Flying Dutchman and The Angel's Command. I mean, what else was going on? Turns out, significant international mail delays. It took three months from the date of shipping for the books to arrive at Redwall Wiki HQ. And boy are we glad to see them. They're both hardcovers.
We figured given that the Russian illustrators provided incredible artwork for the books in the Redwall series, it was probably likely they had done the same for Castaways of the Flying Dutchman. We weren't wrong. The books feature numerous full-page illustrations throughout them.
The artwork features Ben, Ned, The Angel, Captain Phillip Vanderdecken, pirates, residents of Chapelvale, the Razan, and more. Let's look at some now.
We'll begin with Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, or Летучего голландца. On the front cover, the title is in the gold foil style, and reflective.
For The Angel's Command, it appears to me the artwork is from a different illustrator. This seems clear when comparing the illustrations of The Angel from each.
If you haven't read the Castaways trilogy, there's no time like the present. Brian Jacques put together a great set of novels.
And don't worry, we have more exciting Redwall Collectors Community editions coming this year. Stay tuned!
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