Hester Shaw
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Hester Shaw is a female human and one of the main protagonists of the Mortal Engines quartet, alongside Tom Natsworthy. Her botched assassination attempt on Valentine forces her to rely on Tom to survive. This led her to being the aviator of the Jenny Haniver and having adventures across Earth...
Hester Shaw, a masked twenty-something woman among the Salzhakens, attempts to assassinate Thaddeus Valentine, Head of the Guild of Historians, but Tom intervenes, pursuing Hester to a chute. Hester escapes, but not before telling him that Valentine murdered her mother and scarred her face.
Dec 14, 2018 · Mortal Engines: Directed by Christian Rivers. With Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae. In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
- (142K)
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Christian Rivers
- 2018-12-14
In Mortal Engines, the film adaptation of the first book, Hester is portrayed by Icelandic actress Hera Hilmar as an adult, while the young Hester is played by New Zealand child actress Poppy Macleod.
Dec 14, 2018 · Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event destroyed civilization, mysterious young Hester Shaw emerges as the only one who can stop the city of London -- now a giant predator on wheels --...
- (190)
- Christian Rivers
- PG-13
- Hera Hilmar
Mar 27, 2024 · By the end of "Mortal Engines," Hester Shaw emerges as a significantly changed character. Her evolution from a vengeance-driven loner to a character capable of love, trust, and sacrifice underscores the novel's thematic exploration of redemption, resilience, and the human capacity for change.
Hester Shaw : I'm coming with you. Hester Shaw : I was eight years old when my mother died. She loved traveling the world and digging up the past.
