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Beowulf, Dragon Slayer by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Children's Classics
In this thrilling re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon legend, Beowulf, the renowned children's historical fiction writer Rosemary Sutcliff recounts Beowulf's most terrifying quests: against Grendel the man-wolf, against the hideous sea-hag and, most courageous of all - his fight to the death with the monstrou ...Show more
Black Ships Before Troy - The Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Children's Fiction
For Greek myth fans, those who can't get enough of the D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, and readers who have aged out of Rick Riordan, this classroom staple and mythology classic is perfect for learning about the ancient myths As the gods and goddesses of Olympus scheme, the ancient world is thrown ...Show more
Black Ships Before Troy: The story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Children's Books
Frances Lincoln is proud to reintroduce Rosemary Sutcliff's Black Ships Before Troy, now in an exciting new format. Here is Homer's epic poem The Iliad, brought to life by Rosemary Sutcliff with all the skill of a master storyteller. Alan Lee's dramatic cover image hauntingly recreates the age of heroes ...Show more
Blood Feud by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Children's Fiction
An epic historical tale from the acclaimed award-winning author, Rosemary Sutcliff. Jestyn the Englishman had once been Thormod the Viking's slave, but after saving Thormod's life he became his shoulder to shoulder man and sworn brother in the deadly blood feud to avenge Thormod's murdered father, a fe ...Show more
Eagle of the Ninth CD by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Audio
This is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Rosemary Sutcliff's "The Eagle of the Ninth". Around 117 AD the Roman Ninth Legion was ordered to put down an uprising among the Caledonian tribes. Four thousand men vanished without a trace into the swirling mists of the north of Roman Britain. Many year ...Show more
Eagle of the Ninth ( Roman Britain Trilogy #1 ) by SUTCLIFF ROSEMARY
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Roman Britain Trilogy Ser.
The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of Northern Britain--and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved, until now . . . Marcus has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out in ...Show more
Knight's Fee by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Education
Randall is an unloved and unwanted orphan kennel boy at Arundel Castle. And then, one fateful day, he upsets the new Lord's mettlesome horse. Against the violent and turbulent backdrop of Norman England, Sutcliff tells the moving story of a young boy who is wagered and won in a game of chess between a l ...Show more
Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Young Adult | Series: Eagle of the Ninth Ser.
The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain for ever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila deserts his regiment to return to his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow and in the end there is only one ...Show more
Lantern Bearers ( Roman Britain Trilogy #3 ) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Fiction | Series: Roman Britain Trilogy
The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain forever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila, a young Legionnaire, deserted his regiment to stay behind with his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow, an ...Show more
Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Fiction | Series: Eagle of the Ninth Ser.
Violence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. In fear for their lives they gather together a tattered band of men and lead them into the thick of battle, to defend the honou ...Show more
Silver Branch ( Roman Britain Trilogy #2 ) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Fiction | Series: Roman Britain Trilogy
Violence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. In fear for their lives, they gather together a tattered band of men and lead them into the thick of battle, to defend the hono ...Show more