Can anyone explain this, technically or otherwise? If you search for <“The Eagle of the Ninth” +Sutcliff> on Google books, there are four ‘related books”:
Good books all in their different ways; and Rosemary is keeping fine company! But why these four, and not some of her other books, let alone some closer relatives like historical fiction …..
On April 5 in 1987 Patricia O’Conner wrote in The New York Times that: “Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel (Sword at Sunset) reinvents King Arthur, and the result, while far from the accepted legend, is ‘an expression of the purest affection for the Arthur of her heart’ ” as Robert Payne had said in The Book Review in 1963. He had written: ”He is a living presence who moves in a brilliantly lit and fantastic landscape only remotely connected with ancient England. And why not?”. Rosemary loved the fact that it went to the top of the UK adult fiction bestseller lists.
Ghost Story, a film directed by Stephen Weeks in 1974, was co-written by Rosemary Sutcliff; or at least she has ‘story’ and ‘screenplay’ credits. I never saw the film, so never knew that the wonderful Marianne Faithfull was in it. (I keep moving this post up the blog so you see it because I am so amazed to havre discovered this!)
source: IMDb
Every morning, at the same time, Rosemary Sutcliff would walk though to her study where, leaning on the walking stick she always used, first she would open her post and then read the Daily Telegraph. I do not think that I ever saw her reading The Economist, nor indeed did I ever see a copy of it in her study in Sussex. But I am sure that she would have read and welcomed its review of Blood Feud in 1976:
The chasm between children’s and adults’ literature narrows to a crack in historical fiction. In Blood Feud it is scarcely visible at all,Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff’s novels ‘set a new standard for children’s historical fiction because of their insight, passion and commitment’ said The Independent in its obituary in 1992 about the famous chidren’s author. Mind you, she wrote for adults too and some books were marketed as adult historical fiction (like Sword at Sunset which topped the bestseller lists).Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 