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.
The Eagle of the Ninth film , from the Rosemary Sutcliff book of that name, directed by ‘The Last King of Scotland’ director Kevin Macdonald, stars Tahar Rahim opposite Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell.
“I’m the baddie. He’s the prince of an ancient Gallic tribe.
I’m talking in ancient Gaelic — it was hard.”Source: Tahar Rahim the next Al Pacino?
