Rosemary did not go to school until her later years. But teachers may find useful, if you do not already know it, the Historical Fiction in the Classrroom blog. Mind you, judging by much written material out there on the web and elsewhere, and the number of her book’s still in print and selling, the author is wrong to assert baldly that “… the work of Rosemary Sutcliff no longer appeals to modern readers” (here).
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.
Literary criticism about the young adult historical fiction of Rosemary Sutcliff
Source: 100 More Popular Young Adult Authors by Bernard A. Drew
- For the The Raymond Thompson interview see here.
The Roundabout Horse illustrated children’s story by Rosemary Sutcliff
In The Roundabout Horse, Rosemary Sutcliff’s illustrated children’s story, Sunflower is a special roundabout horse. Although he is made from wood, he has real feelings. Jenny is special. When she rides Sunflower, something magical happens both to him and to her. I love this short children’s story from Rosemary, and my children did too when they were young.
Rosemary Sutcliff, Twitter and Twitpic!
So I am trying to work out how to use Twitter as part of the drive to increase stuff about Rosemary (Sutcliff) on the web. One idea I have is to run a simple diary, using her parallel diary entries. So I tried using twitpic to take an easy picture of a part of a list from one of her note books. It shows how she made her bibliography long before there were word processors and the web; and anyway when there were typewriters she only used hand-written script, in part because of her disability post-Stills disease. But also because she said her stories flowed down her right arm to the page …
Review of Rosemary Sutcliff’s bestselling adult arthurian historical novel Sword at Sunset
From The Bookbanter Blog a 2008 reviewof the Rosemary Sutcliff book, a best-selling historical novel for adults, Sword at Sunset which is about King Arthur. It is one of several books by Rosemary Sutcliff about Arthur.
Sutcliff’s early medieval world is not as ‘dark age’ as normally depicted in fiction, but thriving with trade and societal infrastructure across Europe still seemingly intact. Artos the Bear spends the beginning of the book traveling to southern France where he looks to purchase strong breeds of horses to bring back to Britain to create a strong cavalry force to fight against the invading Anglo Saxons and maintain the British control and rule.
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 