In 600 A.D., many years after King Arthur defeated the Saxons, the tribes of Britain are again threatened by invaders who are gaining strength in the East. Prosper and his loyal bondsman, Conn, answer the call of King Mynydogg to join the fighting forces of Prince Gorthyna and the highly skilled Shining Company.Read More »
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.
Rosemary Sutcliff wins ChLA 2010 Phoenix Award in USA for high literary merit
Research Centres on Children and Young People’s Literature and Writing in UK
I have been tracking down the main research centres in England where scholars, students and teachers might have a particular interest in Rosemary Sutcliff’s writing, and issues related to her writing, as well as to historical fiction and story-telling. Thus I had an idea who to ask Read More »
University of Reading lecturer turned on to Roman History by Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth
Matthew Nicholls, lecturer in classics and senior tutor at the University of Reading said today in the Guardian that Rosemary Sutcliff’s “wonderful” book The Eagle of the Ninth helped turn him on to Roman history. Read More »
The film of Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth is a Western | Kevin Macdonald Director
In The Scotsman on Kevin Macdonald, Oscar-winning Scottish director of the film of Rosemary Sutcliff‘s The Eagle of the Ninth, said : “I read the book when I was a kid, and it was just something that had always stuck in my mind as a great mystery adventure.” Like Rosemary, his love is great story-telling:Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 