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The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

28 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Puffin, 1994

the Sword and the circle
The sword and the circle The sword and the circle is about a young knight that finds out he is the true king of Brittan when he pulls a magical sword out of a enchanted stone in the capitol of Britons church His name was Aurther and he was loved by most of his people, his aunt thought that her son should be the rightful heir and she tried throughout the first years of Aurther kingship to take ...

The Eagle of the Ninth

38 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1993

Remember it is a Young Adult Novel
Like many others who have written reviews of "Eagle of the Ninth", I read this novel as a teenager and was very impressed by it. I am now middle aged and I can see why the book has sold more than a million copies. Is well written and tightly plotted. Rosemary Sutcliff was a worthy successor to H.E. Henty and the Victorian English tradition of the "Boys Own Adventrue Story". It is sad to see ...

Outcast

5 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Puffin / Penguin Books, 1984

Rosemary Sutcliff has done it again!
Once again, Rosemary Sutcliff has written an outstanding work of fiction! Enticing, suspensful, and all-around wonderful, Outcast is the best book I have read in a long time. Outcast is the story of a young boy named Beric, who is raised in the village of a celtic tribe living in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest. However, Beric is actually a Roman child, whose parents died in a ...

Black Ships Before Troy

26 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, 2008

Beautifully Conceived
Black Ships Before Troy is a marvelous retelling of the story of the Trojan War. The book goes beyond The Iliad to include the stories leading up to the war and what happens after the Iliad closes with the burial of Hector. Rosemary Sutcliff has managed to capture the feel of the Homeric epics in her retelling of Troy, and Alan Lee's illustrations beautifully illuminate the text. The ...

THE SHINING COMPANY (RED FOX OLDER FICTION)

8 reviews
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF

RED FOX, 1991

I just picked it up today but am still reading
Good books need lots of great reviews to persuade converts. =) I picked this up as Celtic/medieval literature for a college class and wondered whether this "juvenile" book would contain enough depth, but found myself immediately intrigued. Sutcliff's writing is consistently true to the era she portrays, and is often poetic, as well. The characters are refreshingly real; I care more about their ...

The Lantern Bearers (Eagle of the Ninth)

16 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Oxford University Press, 2007

Bitter but magnificent
This is a book that I have to force myself to read, despite the fact that I love it dearly. The first time that I ever read it I was reduced to tears several times and even now, almost twenty years later, I still have to steel myself before dipping into it again. This is a book about a lost world, the moments when the Roman Empire in the West flickered and died and the black cloak of the Dark ...

Sword at Sunset

22 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Chicago Review Press, 2008

The pinnacle of historical fiction--none better!!
This is quite simply the best dark ages historical fiction novel ever written. "Sword At Sunset" tells the story of Artos the Bear, the war leader who will one day be known in legends as King Arthur, and his valiant struggle to fend off the invading Saxons, Angles and Jutes who are descending on Britain in the wake of the Roman evacuation in ever-increasing numbers. Sutcliff avoids the ...

Beowulf

242 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Dutton, 1962

beowulf
Product arrived in condition described and in a timely fashion. Would purchase from the buyer again.

The Wanderings of Odysseus

19 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Laurel Leaf, 2005

Fabulous Classical Literature
My 4th grade son read this and loved it. He was fascinated by it and looked forward to our reading every day (he would read aloud to me). Having read the adult version, I was impressed by this childrens' copy because it stays true to the grain of the story. There is nothing Disneyfied about it. I highly recommend this book to any parent who is trying to introduce classic works to their children, ...

Sword Song (Sunburst Book)

4 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2005

Sword Song for kids of all ages
Rosemary Sutcliff's fleshing out of Kipling's fictional treatment of British history (Puck of Pook's Hill), concludes with Sword Song. Chronologically, her stories range from the Iron Age just before the Romans came, to the English Civil War, although it appears she did not write them in that order. Her books are called "young adult" novels because the themes are simple and the good guys are ...

Frontier Wolf

3 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Front Street, 2008

Another classic Sutcliff book
FRONTIER WOLF is the story of Alexios Flavius Aquila, (a descendant of Marcus of EAGLE OF THE NINTH), a young Centurion in the Roman Legions. After a tragic mistake that causes the loss of most of his men, he is sent up North, beyond the Wall, to command the irregular troops, the "Frontier Wolves". But though Alexios makes friends among the Wolves and tribesmen of the Votadini, his history ...

The Mark of the Horse Lord
Rosemary Sutcliff

Henry Z. Walck, 1965

Story of an ex slave and gladiator living among the British tribes in the far north.

Knight's Fee

1 review
Rosemary Sutcliff

Red Fox, 1988

Rare and Underrated
Knight's Fee is one of the four or five books I've read in my life which alway make me cry. Though written for children, it's completely unpatronising, always crediting the reader with intelligence and imagination, and is beautifully written. It tells the story of Randal, a half-Saxon half-Breton lad in Norman England, an orphan left to fend for himself as a dog-boy in Arundel castle, and ...

Beowulf Retold by Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff

The Bodley Head, 1967

In this dramatic retelling of the great Anglo-Saxon poem, Rosemary Sutcliff recounts Beowulf's three great battles: with Grendel, with the Sea-Woman, and finally in his old age with the Fire-Drake. This edition is illustrated by Charles Keeping, printed in London.

The Shield Ring

3 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Front Street, 2007

Excellent historical adventure
Rosemary Sutcliff's books woke my passion for history as her books inspired me to study and learn what was fact and what was fiction in her stories. As a historian, I wondered at the little north west corner of Saxon England that did not come immediately under the Norman yoke as the rest of England did. I wondered at the leader, warriors and people that defied the Normans and held the Lake ...

The Silver Branch

11 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Peter Smith Publisher, 1994

Nobody can beat Rosemary Sutcliff
I found this book to be fantastic. I love the time and setting, but it was much more than that. The characters are all so real and alive, the historical events are so accuratly portrayed, and, most of all, the writing is excellent. Rosemary Sutcliff has fast become one of my very favorite authors, and I would definately reccommend this book to almost anyone, especially if you have any interest ...

The Mark of the Horse Lord

14 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Front Street, 2006

Love this book
I really love this book. I picked it up in high school for a book report and got sucked into Rosemary Sutcliff's world. I'm glad to see a new printing is coming out, because you couldn't find this book anywhere, and the copy I have I stole from school, that's how much I love this book. I also highly recommend The Sword and the Circle, a telling of the Arthurian legend.

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