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Lovers of fantasy novels will inevitably find themselves in Duncton Wood, at some time or other. William Horwood's tales about Moledom are what my friend calls, Wind in the Willows for adults. Think Lord of the Rings with talking moles. Seems rediculous but actually these books are really captivating. A real tour de force of adventure, adversary, history, destiny and the human or 'mole' condition.

Duncton Wood was my first foray into Horwood's novels, I read this as a young teenager and I think I liked it better than this novel, more gritty action and I liked the main character Braken better. Duncton Tales follows a haunted scribe-mole Privet as she seeks to discover the truth about the Book of Silence. That is the main plot line... but this is a many layered, tappestry like book and the first in a Trilogy. 

I'll get to the others in time but I think I need a bit of a break for now... these books are tomes!

If you like animal literature, here are some others that I loved (mainly young adult fiction): 'Firebringer' by David Clement-Davies (deer) 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame (you know...) 'Duncton Wood' by William Horwood (moles) 'Redwall Series' by Brian Jacques (medieval mice etc)  'Winnie the Pooh' books by A. A. Milne