The Mark of the Horse Lord about Phaedrus, a gladiator in second century Britain, was one of The Eagle of the Ninth author Rosemary Sutcliff’s many award-winning historical novels and children’s books. Blogger Liz B, who ‘like Buffy’ just wants ‘a chair, a fireplace, a tea cozy, and to talk about stories’ invites us to ‘pull up a chair, have a cup of tea’ and love the Read More »
Category: Novels, Stories & Books
Rosemary Sutcliff was an internationally renowned writer of historical novels, for children, young adults and adults. She also wrote stories for children. This category compiles the posts on this blog by title.
The Eagle of the Ninth | Rosemary Sutcliff Reviews
Excellent reviews by readers of Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth litter the internet. Here are some five star reviews on Google books of The Eagle of the Ninth which is being made also into a ‘sword and sandal’ film in 2010.
The Eagle of the Ninth film better than Centurion?
The Eagle of the Ninth film based on the Rosemary Sutcliff novel features in the The Guardian newspaper. The makers of Centurion will be not be amused that Kevin Macdonald’s film will, Charlotte Higgins thinks, be ‘more thoughtful and decorous’; nor that the main photo of the full page article about both films is this still photo from The Eagle of the Ninth. Me? I am delighted, of course! Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff | A Crown of Wild Olive | Olympics Story
Rosemary Sutcliff children’s book and story A Crown of Wild Olive (The Truce of the Games) is being searched for by people today on Google. Why? Maybe there has been a review somewhere? Or maybe a class of children or students has been given a Rosemary Sutcliff assignment? It is timely because this is a story about the Olympics. Read More »
The Eagle of the Ninth book and The Appaloosa film | Rosemary Sutcliff Review of the Week
The Eagle of the Ninth, promoted as a children’s book, is also ‘magnificent’ adult fiction, an ‘outstanding’ historical novel, and better than Simon Scarrow books, said reviewer Bob Salter on Amazon in 2009. Like director of the film of The Eagle of the Ninth, Kevin Macdonald, he likened the story to a Western film; it made him think of 1966 film The Appaloosa with Marlon Brando. Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 