Rosemary Sutcliff’s name is spelled wrongly by (too) many people who write Sutcliff as Sutcliffe, that is with an ‘E’! If you Google ‘Rosemary Sutcliffe’ with an ‘e’ you find many versions of this error in newspapers, websites, schools and in bookshops. In fact, one of her publishers even made this mistake in their promotional material for one of her books.
Examples on this blog of wrong spelling of Rosemary Sutcliff as Rosemary Sutcliffe (sic)
For those of you who are Spanish, speak Spanish, or maybe are learning it … there was an official trailer for The Eagle film (La legión del águila) dubbed in Spanish. But as a kind commenter has alerted me, it has gone, I do not know why!
But I have found it elsewhere!
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sYW482WQsY]
Since I am a writer, not an historian, I will sacrifice historical accuracy. I really very seldom have to do it, and then it is only a matter of perhaps reversing the order of two events, or something like that. But if it does come to the crunch, I will choose a good story over absolute historical accuracy.
And in the main “Authors and Illustrators” section (of children’s books), The Eagle of the Ninth Kindle eBook is No 3, The paperback edition is No 6, and The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles (which includes The Silver Branch, and The Lantern Bearers also) is No 10. Not bad eh! And ahead of Michael Morpungo’s Warhorse – which intriguingly sells more in book form than as an eBook. (I wonder what actual numbers these all involve?)
I have just caught up with the Education Secretary’s proposition that all pupils should read 50 books a year. I am not sure what I think about the overall proposition. I fear I do not fully read 50 books a year … But at least Michael Gove does include Rosemary Sutcliff on his list of authors to be studied by pupils of all ages ! In addition to Rosemary, he also spoke of : JK Rowling, CS Lewis, Philip Pullman, Kenneth Grahame, Alan Garner and Ursula Le Guin. Any views both about the proposition, and about the 50?
At the Rosemary Sutcliff Facebook page Harriet Connides is refreshingly direct and very clear what she thinks of Mr Gove and his suggestion …
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 