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.
In 2009 , The Daily Mail newspaper spelt Rosemary Sutcliff wrong – Sutcliffe (sic) with an E – even as they praised a book trail for children in the North East of England, which the said “teems with literary inspiration”. They join The Times, The Morning Star and OUP in mis-spelling Rosemary Sutcliff (sic)!