Rosemary Sutcliff

Gebundenes Buch

The Eagle of the Ninth

Beschreibung

Around the year 117 AD, the Ninth Legion, stationed at Eburacum - modern day York - marched north to suppress a rebellion of the Caledonian tribes, and was never heard of again. During the 1860s, a wingless Roman Eagle was discovered during excavations at the village of Silchester in Hampshire, puzzling archaeologists and scholars alike.

Autor

Rosemary Sutcliff was born in 1920 in West Clanden, Surrey. With over 50 books to her credit, Rosemary Sutcliff is now universally considered one of the finest writers of historical novels for children. Her first novel, The Queen Elizabeth Story was published in 1950. In 1959 her book The Lantern Bearers won the Carnegie Medal. In 1974 she was highly commended for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and in 1978 her book, Song for a Dark Queen was commended for the Other Award. In 1975, Rosemary was awarded the OBE for services to Children's Literature and the CBE in 1992. Unfortunately Rosemary passed away in July 1992 and is much missed by her many fans.

Produktdetails

• Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS
• Verlag: Everyman
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781857155204
• ISBN-10: 1857155203
• Artikelnr.: 42767946