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.

OUP cannot spell Sutcliff name – no ‘E’

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Oxford University Press: UK General Catalogue
To my despair I discover today that even Rosemary’s first publisher cannot spell her name right – here in a ‘book box’ for schools. What sort of example is that? They presumably are responsible also for the standard ISBN records for this, which also get the spelling wrong. I shall be contacting them via our agents.

Scottish essay competition winner on The Eagle of the Ninth

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Scottish schools essay competition 2004-2005 winning essays
The winning essay in a school’s essay competition in Scotland a couple of years back was about Rosemary Sutcliffe (sic) – Rosemary’s name spelt wrong but that happily on this occasion did not trouble the University judges!