Rosemary Sutcliff reading ex-Leader of Leicester City Council, Ross Willmott, quoted Roman Marcus Aurelius as he stepped down:
“It is the fate of princes to be ill thought of for well doing”.
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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.
The Eagle of the Ninth movie star Channing Tatum burned penis | Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
Based on an interview in Details magazine, this report of Channing Tatum’s penis being burned on the movie set of The Eagle of the Ninth while filming the Rosemary Sutcliff novel of that name is indeed for real! Maybe it lowers the tone here, but what was good enough for The Huffington Post is good enough for me! Read More »
Graphic interview with Rosemary Sutcliff
Another film co-written by Rosemary Sutcliff | Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
Now amazingly I have discovered another film that Rosemary Sutcliff helped write, in 1984, starring Sean Connery.Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff Discovery of the Day: Eagle of the Ninth by ローズマリ・サトクリフ on front page of Japanese Amazon website
The world-famous Rosemary Sutcliff historical novel The Eagle of the Ninth (being made into a film with Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell by director Kevin Macdonald and producer Duncan Kenworthy) in Japan is 第九軍団のワシ by ローズマリ サトクリフ (著), C.ウォルター ホッジス (イラスト), Rosemary Sutcliff (原著), 猪熊 葉子 (翻訳). Curiously today today the front of the Amazon website in Japan shows two US editions … and not the Japanese one. Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 