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.
Posted by At the coming Cheltenham Literature Festival Kevin Macdonald, director of the forthcoming The Eagle will explore with others “the historical reality and the modern invention behind this (swords and sandals) cinematic genre.
Source: Swords, Sandals and Celluloid: Mary Beard, Kevin Macdonald and Maria Wyke
