Helen posted a comment on this blog about on “the features which make up the ‘sum of parts’ that are a Rosemary Sutcliff novel” and “the indefinable minstrel’s magic that makes it all alive”:
- A hero, set apart from his peers both by his injury and his past
- Landscape and the seasons as living entities in themselves
- Friendship
- Adventure
- Scenes of slow tension and thrilling escape
- Flashes of both humour and horror
- The sense and quest for justice and fairness
- The clash of two worlds and the places where the distance narrows to nothing between them
- The relationship between man and dog, and to a lesser degree, man and horse
- The slow romance
- Understanding of a military world
- A hopeful, ‘song of new beginnings’ ending
- Devon!
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 
On another post Anne writes of Rosemary Sutcliff’s “… favourite themes:the land as a potent entity in its own right; discovery of the self and one’s place in the world; love and comradeship; the struggle to maintain the light in dark times; and freely-given sacrifice for the greater good.”
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Another that immediately occurs to me is identity/belonging.
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Indeed.
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I have become interested in her work since recently acquiring the miniature painting called The Falconer
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