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.
Rosemary Sutcliff’s name came up when Philippa Dickinson, the managing director of Random House Children’s Books, was having a conversation in a bar which included Chris Priestly, who is an author himself. Before she had to leave, writes Chris:
Philippa began a sentence ‘I remember Rosemary telling me…’. It seems silly to say it, given that I’m a writer myself, but I’d sort of forgotten Rosemary Sutcliff was a real person that someone could remember talking to. I was deeply impressed.
Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth is spoken of in a Romanian blog :
E cam aiurea cum cărţile bune trec neobservate. O ştiu din proprie experienţă, căci au fost multe titluri pe care le-am descoperit la doi-trei ani de la apariţia lor… În orice caz, astăzi recomand celor pasionaţi de romane de aventuri şi istorie (Silvana, m-auzi?!) prima carte dintr-o serie scrisă de englezoaica Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-1992) – ACVILA LEGIUNII A IX-A, sau, în engleză, THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH. Cartea a fost ecranizată pentru prima dată în 1956, la doi ani de la apariţie; apoi s-a făcut un serial de televiziune la BBC în 1977; acum, în 2011 (mai precis pe 18 februarie în România şi pe 11 în SUA) se va lansa o nouă ecranizare în cinematografe – THE EAGLE, ce ii are în rolurile principale pe Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland şi Mark Strong. La noi, cartea a apărut în româneşte la editura LITERA, în traducerea lui Alexandru Macovei, în ediţie hardcover, ce poate fi comandată de aici. Staţi pe-aproape, căci urmează un concurs cu ea. Source: Shouki’s Books
One day, we were sitting around the Coliseum set. I noticed that he (Channing Tatum) had headphones on. I thought, ‘Oh he’s listening to some on-the-edge band I’ve never heard of.’ But I asked him, and – turns out it was a book he was listening to. He downloaded books on Ancient Rome, philosophy, politics … the dedication that this young actor has is a wonder.
Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninthcomes to life – as envisaged by writer Jeremy Brock, director Kevin Macdonald, producer Duncan Kenworthy and cinematographer Anthony Don Mantle – as video clips come thick and fast for film The Eagle (2011). This one includes (from about half way) some comments from star Channing Tatum, as well as producer Duncan Kenworthy, and director Kevin Macdonald as they speak of their love of The Eagle of the Ninth story and book, and filming of The Eagle.
The Eagle of the Ninth is by Rosemary Sutcliff (sic). Too many people spell the name of author of historical fiction and children’s books Rosemary Sutcliff (correct) wrongly – with an E, as in ‘Rosemary Sutcliffe’ (incorrect). This is particularly surprising and rather more disappointing when it is someone whose Twitter biography describes them as ‘Head of Digital’ at a prestigious British publisher’s Education Department; especially when the publisher has been one of Rosemary’s publishers for more than 50 years! However, if their typing is anywhere near as bad as my own, it might be fairer for me to think of this as a typing error rather than a spelling error. In any event I tweeted them!
This spelling problem will only increase with material about the film from The Eagle of the Ninth, The Eagle. I catch some of the errors on the web with a Google Alertfor “Rosemary Sutcliffe”. In fact, I also found from the alert that the funders and production company for the film The Eagle, Focus Features, got this wrong a few weeks ago. Now I check, they have still not put it right.
Rosemary Sutcliff’s name came up when Philippa Dickinson, the managing director of Random House Children’s Books, was having a conversation in a bar which included Chris Priestly, who is an author himself. Before she had to leave, writes Chris:
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 