Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613731574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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"There was a smell of blood mingling with the smell of burning that still clung about scorched timber and blackened thatch, and a great wailing rose from the watching crowd. The old High Priest dipped a finger in the blood and made a sign with it on Phaedrus's forehead, above the Mark of the Horse Lord." So began the ceremony that was to make young Phaedrus, ex-slave and gladiator, Horse Lord of the Dalriadain. Phaedrus had come a long way since the fight in the arena that gained him his freedom. He had left behind his old Roman life and identity and had entered another, more primitive, world—that of the British tribes in the far north. In this world of superstition and ancient ritual, of fierce loyalties and intertribal rivalry, Phaedrus found companionship and love, and something more—a purpose and a meaning to his life as he came fully to understand the significance of the Mark of the Horse Lord. First published in 1965, The Mark of the Horse Lord, set in second-century Britain, has been acclaimed by many readers as the finest of Rosemary Sutcliff's many novels, imparting true insight into the nature of leadership, identity, heroism, loyalty, violence, and sacrifice.

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192750402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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When a Roman ship is wrecked off the coast of Britain, an infant, Beric, is the only survivor. He is rescued by a British tribe who raise him as their own until they can no longer ignore his Roman ancestry. "How Beric survived...is not only incredible but gripping, convincing fiction." --"The Horn Book"

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448173027
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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Drem longs for the day he will win his Warrior Scarlet. But with a withered spear arm, how will he take part in the ritual Wolf Slaying which will prove his worth as a man of the tribe? With over forty books to her credit, Rosemary Sutcliff is now universally considered one of the finest writers of historical novels for children. Winer of the Carnegie Medal and many other honours, Rosemary was awarded a CBE in 1992 for services to children's literature.

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448174228
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87

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From the moment he is born, Lubrin Dhu is different and his unusual talent for drawing places him even further apart. So when his tribe is conquered and Lubrin is appointed its mouthpiece, he is treated with the utmost suspicion. What is the bargain that Lubrin has struck with the enemy lord? And why does he make a horse - a huge horse, high up on the hillside, cut out of the chalk? How can this set his people free?

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192750457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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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.

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448173000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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'We are the scum and the scrapings of the Empire. They tipped out the garbage-bin of the Eagles to make us what we are.' In disgrace after a mistake that cost the lives of half his men, Alexios arrives in Castellum. It's his first command, but it isn't really a promotion. The Frontier Wolves who man this outpost in the far north of Roman Britain are a fierce and savage bunch, a far cry from the regular legions he'd served in before. Alexios will only survive if he learns to understand them and win their respect - and he's determined to try.

Author: Eugene H. Peterson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830855483
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence—to run with the horses and live life at its best? In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. This special commemorative edition includes a new preface from Peterson's son.

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448173124
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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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 lord and a minstrel . . .

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781448760244
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes.

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099253224
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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The last of Sutcliff's historical novels for children, discovered in a drawer after her death. As a boy, Bjarni is banished from a Viking settlement on England's north-east coast for killing a man and causing the chief to become an oath-breaker. He takes to the sea as a mercenary swordsman,