Author: Anthony Lawton
Chair, Sussex Dolphin, family company which looks after the work of eminent children’s & historical fiction author Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92). Formerly CEO, chair & trustee of various charity, cultural & educational enterprises in UK. Sometimes a consultant.
Channing Tatum fans on Facebook love The Eagle (of the Ninth) film movie trailer?
People who are fans of Channing Tatum, star of The Eagle film of The Eagle of the Ninth best-selling historical fiction and young adult novel by Rosemary Sutcliff, are enjoying the trailer now available. It is, however, Channing Tatum, not the story that enthuses them thus far …. here are just a few of 44 comments and a lot of feedback …. but representative …
Carausius Coins| Rosemary Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
David Urbach commented on the Rosemary Sutcliff Facebook site in July about a story which relates to Rosemary’s Roman historical novel The Silver Branch.
An amateur treasure hunter finds huge hoard of Roman coins bearing the image and name of Carausius (d. 293), the naval captain who made himself emperor of Britain and features prominently in Sutcliff’s book, the second in her “Roman trilogy”!
Críticas De Cine: `El Águila de la Novena Legión´, cartel y tráiler
This Spanish blogger is hopeful that The Eagle will be a good adventure movie, unimpressed by the two stars (especially Channing Tatum), and grumpy about the change of name from the book. He seems to imply that in Spain the film will be entitled The Eagle of the Ninth.
Todavía está bastante reciente `Centurión´ (Neil Marshall, 2010) y sin embargo ya se estrena otra de romanos, esta vez menos serie B y más en plan serio, o al menos eso parece. `The Eagle´ es el título de este film, que en España será traducido como `El Águila de la Novena Legión´. Me imagino lo que habrán pensado los traductores: “es que si la titulamos sencillamente `El Águila´ la gente va a pensar que es una película de aves en lugar de una de romanos.” Esperarán que les demos las gracias y todo, muy satisfechos de sí mismos. Me pregunto por qué esta gente no se buscará un trabajo como dios manda… Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 