I just found the new trailer for the film adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliff’s classic children’s novel, The Eagle of the Ninth. I can’t wait to see the film!
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Trawling the internet, researching libraries and databases, and occasionally from material sent to me, I discover things I did not know much about, or indeed at all! There can be more than one Discovery of the Day.
Rosemary Sutcliff’s Miniatures
Before Rosemary Sutcliff became I writer, she was an artist. She made beautiful miniatures. One of her set of miniatures is a stunning nativity scene. As Rosemary was my dad’s Godmother and cousin, we inherited some of her possessions when she died in 1992. The nativity scene was one of those possessions and every christmas we put it out next to the christmas tree in the front hall of our family home in Leicester. Here are some photographs my wife took this christmas of this beautiful piece of art.
Blue Remembered Hills by Rosemary Sutcliff
Blue Remembered Hills is Rosemary Sutcliff’s autobiography, covering the period until she was first published. Avid reader Lyn commented on her blog earlier this year:
It’s a beautifully written story of a lonely child crippled by juvenile arthritis who nevertheless didn’t feel she had had a deprived life. The tone of the book is one of gratitude for life’s blessings & joy at the natural world, her friends, her dogs & her love for her parents.
A customer and Amazon reviewer – intriguingly at one of the Universities in the town where I write this – wrote over ten years ago: Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff novels and the North-East of England
Rosemary Sutcliff’s novels and children’s books were highlighted by Alan Myers who compiled an A to Z of the many writers who had a significant connection with the North-East of England. By 2008 (when I first posted this) I thought it had disappeared from the web but no, it is here.
One of the most distinguished children’s writers of our times, (some of ) Rosemary Sutcliff’s … books … (are now) considered classics. She sets several of her best-known works in Roman and Dark Age Britain, giving her the opportunity to write about divided loyalties, a recurring theme. The Capricorn Bracelet comprises six linked short stories spanning the years AD 61 to AD 383, and Hadrian’s Wall features in the narrative.
The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) is perhaps her finest work and exemplifies the psychological dilemmas that Rosemary Sutcliff brought to her novels. Read More »
Jamie Bell in The Eagle of the Ninth
I found some great stills of Jamie Bell with fellow actors on the set of The Eagle, the upcoming film adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliff’s classic children’s novel, The Eagle of the Ninth.
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 