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Christopher James Paolini [1] (born November 17, 1983) [2] is an American and Italian author. He is best known for The Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon (2002), Eldest (2005), Brisingr (2008), Inheritance (2011), the follow-up short story collection The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm (2018), and Murtagh (2023), the first in a follow-up duology.
Eragon is the first book in The Inheritance Cycle by American fantasy writer Christopher Paolini. Paolini, born in 1983, began writing the novel after graduating from home school at the age of fifteen. [1] After writing the first draft for a year, Paolini spent a second year rewriting and fleshing out the story and characters.
[11] Eragon was the first character developed by Paolini, and the author's outline of how the character would develop drove the novels' storyline. [4] The name "Eragon" is an aptronym based on the word "dragon", and a play on the phrase "an era gone". [12] [3] [4] Eragon was portrayed by Edward Speleers in the film adaptation of Eragon. [13] [14]
Inheritance (or The Vault of Souls) is a 2011 fantasy fiction novel written by American author Christopher Paolini. It is the fourth and final novel in The Inheritance Cycle tetralogy. The Inheritance Cycle was originally intended to be a trilogy , but Paolini has stated that during writing, the length of the third book, Brisingr , grew, and ...
The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia (/ æ l ə ˈ ɡ eɪ z i ə /), the novels focus on the adventures of a teenage boy named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, as they struggle to overthrow the evil king Galbatorix. The ...
Eldest is the second novel in The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini and the sequel to Eragon. It was first published in hardcover on August 23, 2005, and was released in paperback in September 2006. [1] Eldest has been released in an audiobook format, [2] and as an ebook. [3] Like Eragon, Eldest became a New York Times bestseller. [3]
18. His name isn’t Christopher Columbus. Since he was Italian, his birth name is believed to be Cristoforo Colombo. In Spanish, his name is Cristobal Colon, and in Swedish, it’s Kristoffer ...
Brisingr (or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular) / b r ɪ s ɪ ŋ ə r / [1] [2] is the third novel in The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini.It was released on September 20, 2008.