Eragon
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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
An illustration of Beowulf fighting the dragon (1908). Paolini received much inspiration from old epic poems.
Paolini received inspiration from Paradise Valley, Montana (Emigrant Peak pictured, as viewed from west bank of Yellowstone River)
Aerial photography of the Ság Mountain, which served as the backdrop for Farthen Dûr in the film adaptation of the book.
Eragon (film)
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Eragon is a 2006 fantasy adventure film directed by Stefen Fangmeier and written by Peter Buchman, loosely based on Christopher Paolini's 2002 novel of the same name. It stars Ed Speleers in the title
Eragon
…and the second-best-selling paperback of 2005. It placed on the New York Times Children's Books Best Seller list for 121 weeks and was adapted as a feature film of the same name that was released on December 15, 2006. Christopher Paolini started reading fantasy books when he was 10 years old. At the age of 14, as a hobby, he…
Theatrical release poster
Sienna Guillory, who played Arya