Rosemary Sutcliff

One of Rosemary Sutcliff's acclaimed books set in Roman Britain. The Eagle of the Ninth tells the story of a young Roman officer who sets out to discover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the Ninth Legion, who marched into the mists of northern Britain and never came back.Rosemary Sutcliff spent most of her life in a wheelchair, suffering from the wasting Still's disease. She wrote her first book for children, The Queen's Story, in 1950 and went on to become a highly respected name in the field of children's literature. She received an OBE in 1975 and died at theage of 72 in 1992.

The Eagle of the Ninth

The Lantern Bearers (Eagle of the Ninth)

Rosemary Sutcliff has chosen one of the most enigmatic figures in Greek history- Alcibiades, portraying him in different lights through the shifting focus of those around him. Alcibiades' relationship with Athens is seen very much as a love affair, but a stormy one. There are grimmer overtones too, as a whole generation of young men who were the flower of Greece go to their death at Syracuse and Goat's creek. Miss Sutcliff writes;"I have followed the historical accounts as closely as in me lies... But being a historical novelist rather than a historian I have felt free to 'fill in the gaps' and tidy up a little here and there".

The Flowers of Adonis

Silver Branch

As punishment for his poor judgment, a young, inexperienced Roman army officer is sent to Northern England to assume the command of a motley group known as the Frontier Wolves.

Frontier wolf

Tristan and Iseult (Sunburst Book)

From the day Cadwan fashioned a sword from a willow wand and composed a victory song for his young mistress, Boudicca, he has loyally charted her rise to Queen. Boudicca is the strong and brave leader of the Iceni tribe - courageously guiding her people from one victorious battle to her next. Then Emperor Nero rules that the royal line of the Iceni is to be ended, and Boudicca knows this is one battle she cannot afford to lose . . .

Song for a Dark Queen

Eagle of Ninth

König Artus und die Abenteuer der Ritter von der Tafelrunde

A master storyteller and an award-winning illustrator evoke the golden age of mythical Greece in this spirited retelling of "The Odyssey." "From the Hardcover edition."

The Story of The Odyssey

The Wanderings of Odysseus

Homer

Alan Lee

The Story of the Odyssey

The truce of the games

Wanderings of Odysseus

A retelling of the adventures of Odysseus on his long voyage home from the Trojan War.

Set more than a thousand years ago in the soft green hills of Ireland, in a shifting time when enchanted creatures and the Fairy Kind still flickered in and out of the lives of men, the ancient stories of Finn MacCool and the brotherhood of the Fianna shimmer with magic. Here Rosemary Sutcliff breathes new life into adventures of these Irish heroes and their battles with strange and supernatural beings.

The High Deeds Of Finn MacCool

Legends of the Irish folk hero Cuchulain, nick-named the Hound for his reckless bravery.

The Hound of Ulster

The settlement of Dun is a safe place, fortified from raider attacks, with its own spring to provide fresh water for all. The spring has never failed them - as long as it flows, Dun will never fall. When the village captures a young raider, Nessan pleads to keep him alive, against the wishes of the elders. As the Chief's daughter, she wins out. Their captive settles into the village, he and Nessan become cautious friends. Things are peaceful. Until the spring begins to dry up. Have they angered the gods by not killing this raider? Or is there some other force at work?

The Chief's Daughter

David Walton

Sylvia Lancaster

A Scheme for Teaching English Based on Dragonslayer by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Dragonslayer Pack

Bearing an uncanny resemblance to the now blind displaced King of the Scots, former gladiator and slave Phaedrus impersonates the Horse Lord to regain from the Picts the control of the Scottish kingdom.

Rosemary Sutcliff

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