For award-winning, internationally-acclaimed author Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92). By Anthony Lawton: godson, cousin & literary executor. Rosemary Sutcliff wrote historical fiction, children's literature and books, films, TV & radio, including The Eagle of the Ninth, Sword at Sunset, Song for a Dark Queen, The Mark of the Horse Lord, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers, Dawn Wind, Blue Remembered Hills.
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Historical Fiction in the Classroom Blog wrong about Sutcliff not appealing?
Rosemary did not go to school until her later years. But teachers may find useful, if you do not already know it, theHistorical Fiction in the Classrroom blog. Mind you, judging by much written material out there on the web and elsewhere, and the number of her book’s still in print and selling, the author is wrong to assert baldly that “… the work of Rosemary Sutcliff no longer appeals to modern readers” (here).