Rosemary’s family name is Sutcliff without an ‘E’, not Sutcliffe (sic). Here are posts about attempts to get people to spell her name correctly, and to put right mistakes.
I am still trying at every opportunity to nudge people who mis-spell Rosemary Sutcliff (sic) with an E as Sutcliffe (wrong!) to get it right and put it right. Hence today on Twitter:
And hence also I have been in touch today with the producer of the new The Eagle film to alert the film financiers Focus Features that they too have got it wrong on this page about the film!
Empireonline writes that “The Eagle (of the Ninth) has landed”, and comments as follows – sadly mis-spelling in the process Rosemary Sutcliff, which has no E!
For a while it looked like The Eagle had vanished like a Roman legionary at a sandal sale, but Kevin Macdonald’s historical adventure is back, back, back with a trailer, release date and, right here for your perusal, a shiny new quad poster. And we’ll say a big “Ave!” to that.
The poster tells you everything you need to know about Macdonald’s adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliffe’s novel. At its heart is young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) who takes his slave Esca (Jamie Bell) across Hadrian’s Wall to recover the lost eagle of the Ninth Legion and finds the locals none too welcoming.
Unlike Centurion which followed the Ninth Legion into Caledonia, The Eagle picks up the story 20 years later. Marcus Aquila, the son of a soldier who disappeared with the legion, must recover the eagle and redeem the honour of the army. Esca (Bell), meanwhile, has to go because he’s a slave and doesn’t look exactly thrilled about it.
Rounding out a strong-looking cast are Mark Strong, Donald Sutherland and A Prophet’s young star Tahir Rahim. Here’s hoping Macdonald’s impressive strike record is maintained when it’s out on March 18.
Rosemary Sutcliff, more and more in the news because of the coming film of her bestseller The Eagle of the Ninth, would regret that an august newspaper like The Observer spells her name wrong, as sadly others have done recently, including The Times, The Daily Mail, The Morning Star, Bedfordshire Libraries and several twitterers! It is NOT Rosemary Sutclffe (wrong with an ‘E’). Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff, author of The Eagle of the Ninth and The Mark of the Horse Lord, winner of The Library Association’s Carnegie Medal , is not spelt Rosemary Sutcliffe: this I have had to tell Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire Libraries Service in the UK. Yet they claim they ‘make every effort to maintain the accuracy of the information …’. Some effort. Read More »
In 2009 , The Daily Mail newspaper spelt Rosemary Sutcliff wrong – Sutcliffe (sic) with an E – even as they praised a book trail for children in the North East of England, which the said “teems with literary inspiration”. They join The Times, The Morning Star and OUP in mis-spelling Rosemary Sutcliff (sic)!
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 