A Rosemary Sutcliff  Bibliography

The widely read and acclaimed The Eagle of the Ninth, published in 1954, still in print, is just one of some sixty books by Rosemary Sutcliff.

Lists all Books by Rosemary Sutcliff (Titles)

You will find recorded here every title by Rosemary Sutcliff—author, historical novelist and children’s writer—listed thematically and alphabetically. For a short biography of Rosemary Sutcliff see the Life tab (above).  Via the Stories tab you will find a short summary of most of the books.

Eagle of the Ninth and similar

The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) illustrated by C. Walter Hodges
The Silver Branch (1957) illustrated by Charles Keeping
The Lantern Bearers (1959) illustrated by Charles Keeping
The Capricorn Bracelet  (1973) illustrated by Charles Keeping
Three Legions (1980) is an omnibus edition containing the first three books
The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles (2010) is an omnibus edition containing the first three books
The Eagle of the Ninth Collection Boxed Set (2012) is an omnibus edition containing the first three books

Camelot or King Arthur novels

Sword at Sunset (1963)
The Sword and the Circle (1979)
The Light Beyond the Forest (1979)
The Road to Camlann (1981)
The King Arthur Trilogy (1999), omnibus of The Sword and the Circle, The Light Beyond the Forest, The Road to Camlann

Other children’s and young adult novels

Chronicles of Robin Hood (1950)
The Queen Elizabeth Story (1950) illustrated by C. Walter Hodges
The Armourer’s House (1951)
Brother Dustyfeet (1952)
Simon (1953) illustrated by C. Walter Hodges
Outcast (1955) illustrated by Richard Kennedy
The Shield Ring (1956)
Warrior Scarlet (1957) illustrated by Charles Keeping
Lady in Waiting (1957)
Knight’s Fee (1960) illustrated by Charles Keeping
The Bridge Builders (1959)
Dawn Wind (1961) illustrated by Charles Keeping
Beowulf (1961) illustrated by Charles Keeping (also published as Dragon Slayer)
The Hound of Ulster (1963) illustrated by Victor Ambrus
The Mark of the Horse Lord (1965) illustrated by Charles Keeping
The Flowers of Adonis (1965)
A Saxon Settler (1965)
The Chief’s Daughter (1967)
The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cool (1967)
A Circlet of Oak Leaves (1968)
The Witch’s Brat (1970)
Tristan and Iseult (1971)
The Truce of the Games (1971)
Heather, Oak, and Olive  (1972), omnibus with three titles The Chief”s Daughter, A Circlet of Oak Leaves, and A Crown of Wild Olive (originally published as The Truce of the Games)
The Capricorn Bracelet (1973)
The Changeling (1974) illustrated by Victor Ambrus
We Lived in Drumfyvie (1975) with Margaret Lyford-Pike
Blood Feud (1976) illustrated by Charles Keeping
Sun Horse, Moon Horse (1977)
Shifting Sands (1977)
Song for a Dark Queen (1978)
Frontier Wolf (1980)
Eagle’s Egg (1981)
Bonnie Dundee (1983)
Flame-Coloured Taffeta (1986) illustrated by Rachel Birkett
The Roundabout Horse (1986)
A Little Dog Like You (1987) illustrated by Jane Johnson
The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff (1987) omnibus edition contains Warrior Scarlet, The Mark of the Horse Lord and Knight”s Fee
Little Hound Found (1989)
The Shining Company (1990)
The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup (1993) illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Black Ships Before Troy (1993) illustrated by Alan Lee
Chess-dream in A Garden (1993) illustrated by Ralph Thompson
The Wanderings of Odysseus (1995) illustrated by Alan Lee
Sword Song (1997)

Novels for adults

Lady in Waiting (1957)
The Rider of the White Horse (1959)
Sword at Sunset (1963)
The Flowers of Adonis (1969)
Blood and Sand (1987)

Non-fiction

Rudyard Kipling—A Monograph (1960)
Houses and History (1960)
Heroes and History (1965), illustrated by Charles Keeping
Arthur Ransome, Rudyard Kipling and Walter De La Mare (1968) (with Leonard Clark and Hugh Shelley) [reproduces the Rudyard Kipling mongraph—above]
Is Anyone There? (1978) (with Monica Dickens)
Blue Remembered Hills (1983) (Her autobiography, or ‘memoir’ as she called it)

Alphabetical List of Rosemary Sutcliff Books

A Circlet of Oak Leaves (1968)
A Little Dog Like You (1987)
A Saxon Settler (1965)
[Arthur Ransome, Rudyard Kipling and Walter De La Mare (1968) (with Leonard Clark and Hugh Shelley)]
Beowulf: Dragonslayer (1961)
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad (1993)
Blood and Sand (1987)
Blood Feud (1976)
Blue Remembered Hills (1983)
Bonnie Dundee (1983)
Brother Dusty-Feet (1952)
Chess Dream in A Garden (1993)
Dawn Wind (1961)
Eagle’s Egg (1981)
Flame-Coloured Taffeta (1986)
Frontier Wolf (1980)
Heather, Oak, and Olive (1972)
Houses and History (1960)
Heroes and History (1965)
Is Anyone There? (1978) (with Monica Dickens)
Knight’s Fee (1960)
Lady in Waiting (1957)
Little Hound Found (1989)
Outcast (1955)
Rudyard Kipling (1960)
Shifting Sands (1977)
Simon (1953)
Song for a Dark Queen (1978)
Sun Horse, Moon Horse (1977)
Sword at Sunset (1963)
Sword Song (1997)
The Armourer’s House (1951)
The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff (1987) (omnibus)
The Bridge Builders (1959)
The Capricorn Bracelet (1973)
The Changeling (1974)
The Chief’s Daughter (1967)
The Chronicles of Robin Hood (1950)
The Eagle of the Ninth (1954)
The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles (2010) (omnibus)
The Eagle of the Ninth Collection Boxed Set (2012) (three titles)
The Flowers of Adonis (1969)
The High Deeds of Finn MacCool (1967)
The Hound of Ulster (1963)
The King Arthur Trilogy (1999) (omnibus)
The Lantern Bearers (1959)
The Light Beyond the Forest (1979)
The Mark of the Horse Lord (1965)
The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup (1993)
The Queen Elizabeth Story (1950)
The Rider of the White Horse (1959)
The Road to Camlann (1981)
The Roundabout Horse (1986)
The Shield Ring (1956)
The Shining Company (1990)
The Silver Branch (1957)
The Sword and the Circle (1979)
The Truce of the Games (1971)
The Wanderings of Odysseus  (1995)
The Witch’s Brat (1970)
Three Legions (1980)
Tristan and Iseult (1971)
Warrior Scarlet (1957)
We Lived in Drumfyvie (1975) (with Margaret Lyford-Pike)

List By Date of Rosemary Sutcliff Novels

1950	The Chronicles of Robin Hood
1950	The Queen Elizabeth Story
1951	The Armourer’s House
1952	Brother Dusty-Feet
1953	Simon
1954	The Eagle of the Ninth
1955	Outcast
1956	The Shield Ring
1957	Lady in Waiting
1957	The Silver Branch
1957	Warrior Scarlet
1959	The Rider of the White Horse
1959	The Lantern Bearers
1959	The Bridge Builders
1960	Knight’s Fee
1960	Rudyard Kipling
1961	Beowulf: Dragonslayer
1961	Dawn Wind
1963	Sword at Sunset
1963	The Hound of Ulster
1965	A Saxon Settler
1965	The Mark of the Horse Lord
1965	Heroes and History
1967	The Chief’s Daughter
1967	The High Deeds of Finn MacCool
1968	A Circlet of Oak Leaves
1969	The Flowers of Adonis
1970	The Witch’s Brat
1971	The Truce of the Games
1971	Tristan and Iseult
1972	Heather, Oak, and Olive
1973	The Capricorn Bracelet
1974	The Changeling
1975	We Lived in Drumfyvie  (with Margaret Lyford-Pike)
1977	Blood Feud
1977	Shifting Sands
1977	Sun Horse, Moon Horse
1978	Song for a Dark Queen
1979	The Light Beyond the Forest
1979	The Sword and the Circle
1980	Frontier Wolf
1980	Three Legions
1981	Eagle’s Egg
1981	The Road to Camlann
1983	Blue Remembered Hills
1983	Bonnie Dundee
1986	Flame-Coloured Taffeta
1986	The Roundabout Horse
1987	A Little Dog Like You
1987	Blood and Sand
1987	The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff
1990	The Shining Company
1993	Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad
1993	Chess Dream in the Garden
1993	The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup
1995	The Wanderings of Odysseus
1997	Sword Song

Editions of Rosemary Sutcliff’s Books since her death in 1992:

2014	The Mark of the Horse Lord. London: Red Fox Classics, 2014. ISBN 9781782950868 (pbk).
2013	Dawn Wind. Illustrated by Charles Keeping. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 1906562369 (pbk), 9780192793591 (pbk).
2013	The King Arthur Trilogy. London: Vintage Children’s Classics, 2013. ISBN 9780099582571 (pbk), 9781448161485 (ebook).
2012	Blue Remembered hills : A Recollection. London: Slightly Foxed, 2012. ISBN  1906562369 (pbk.), 9781906562366.
2012	Sword at Sunset. London  Atlantic, 2012. ISBN 9780857892430 (hbk); 9780857892447 (e-book).
2012	The Eagle of the Ninth Collection. Illustrated by Cyril Walter Hodges, Charles Keeping. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 0192794728 (set), 9780192794727 (set).
2011	The Eagle DVD (2011). Directed by Kevin MacDonald ; based on the novel by Rosemary Sutcliff. UPC 5050582857085.
2011	The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 0192733052; 9780192733054 ( ePUB format).
2011	The Eagle of the Ninth, filmed as The Eagle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 0192732684, 9780192732682 (ePUB format).
2011	The Eagle of the Ninth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 0192732676, 9780192732675 (ePUB format).
2011	The Eagle (Videodisc). U.K.: Universal Pictures, 2011. EAN 5050582807721,  8280772.
2011	The Lantern Bearers, introduced by Penelope Lively. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev. London: Folio Society, 2011.
2011	The Lantern Bearers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 9780192757432 (pbk).
2010	The Eagle of the Ninth : Filmed as The Eagle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 0192789996 (pbk), 9780192789990 (pbk).
2010	The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 0192789988 (pbk), 9780192789983 (pbk).
2009	The Silver Branch, introduced by Julia Eccleshare. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev. London: Folio Society, 2009.
2008	Outcast (Oxford children’s modern classics). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 0192755579 (pbk), 9780192755575 (pbk).
2008	The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford Bookworms Library). Retold by John Escott, Illustrated by Ron Tiner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 0194791726 (pbk), 9780194791724 (pbk).
2007	The Lantern Bearers (New Oxford Library). Illustrated by Charles Keeping. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 0192755064 (pbk), 9780192755063 (pbk).
2007	The Silver Branch. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 0192755056 (pbk.); 9780192755056 (pbk.)
2005	The Eagle of the Ninth (Introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland). Illustrated by Roman Pisarev. London: Folio Society, 2005.
2004	The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford Children’s Modern Classics), 50th anniversary ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0192753924 (pbk).
2004	The Eagle of the Ninth. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 9780192753922 (pbk).
2002	The Capricorn Bracelet (Red Fox Classics). London: Red Fox, 2002. ISBN 009943217X (pbk).
2002	The Hound of Ulster (Red Fox classics). Illustrated by Victor Ambrus. London: Red Fox, 2002. ISBN 0099438593 (pbk).
2001	Beowulf: Dragonslayer. Illustrated by Charles Keeping. London: Red Fox, 2001. ISBN 0099417138 (pbk), 9780099417132 (pbk).
2001	Sword Song (Red Fox classics). London: Red Fox, 2001. ISBN 0099253224 (pbk), 9780099253228 (pbk).
2001	The High Deeds of Finn MacCool (Red Fox Classics). London: Red Fox, 2001. ISBN 0099414228.
2000	Black Ships Before Troy. Illustrated by Alan Lee. London: Frances Lincoln, 2000. ISBN 0711215227 (pbk).
2000	The Eagle of the Ninth. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0192750453 (pbk).
2000	The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford Bookworms Library), retold by John Escott. Illustrated by Ron Tiner. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0194230333 (pbk).
1999	Outcast. (Oxford children’s modern classics). Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0192750402 (pbk).
1999	The King Arthur Trilogy: The King Arthur Stories. London: Red Fox, 1999. ISBN 9780099401643 (pbk).
1999	King Arthur Stories : Three Books in One (The Sword and the Circle;  The Light Beyond the Forest; The Road to Camlann). London Red Fox, 1999. ISBN 0099401649 (pbk).
1998	Magic of reading : a whole year of reading fun (Boxed set contains ‘Redwall’ by Brian Jacques, ‘Switchers by Kate Thompson  and “The Sword and the Circle” by RS). London: Red Fox, 1998. ISBN 0099265788 (pbk).
1998	Outcast (Oxford children’s modern classics). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0192717669 (pbk).
1998	The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford Children’s Modern Classics). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0192717650 (pbk).
1998	The Lantern Bearers (Oxford Children’s Modern Classics). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0192717634 (pbk).
1997	Sword Song. London: Bodley Head, 1997. ISBN 0370323947.
1996	Song for a Dark Queen. London : Red Fox, 1996. ISBN 009952791X (pbk).
1995	Brother Dusty-Feet. London: Red Fox, 1995. IISBN 0099354217 (pbk).
1995	Eagle’s Honour. London: Red Fox, 1995. ISBN 0099353911 (pbk).
1995	The Eagle of the Ninth. (Oxford Bookworms) retold by John Escott. Illustrated by Jonathon Heap. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0194227448 (pbk).
1995	The Wanderings of Odysseus : the Story of the Odyssey. Illustrated by Alan Lee. London: Frances Lincoln, 1995. ISBN 071120862X.
1994	Bonnie Dundee. London: Red Fox, 1994. ISBN 009935411X (pbk).
1994	The Armourer’s House. London : Red Fox, 1994. ISBN 0099354012 (pbk).
1994	The Eagle of the Ninth (Puffin Modern Classics). Illustrated by Tony Karpinski. London : Puffin in association with Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0140364579 (pbk)
1994	The Shining Company (Random House Modern Classics Series). London: Red Fox, 1994. ISBN 0099366215
1994	Beowulf: Dragonslayer: Oxford: Heinemann New Windmills, 1994. ISBN 043512420X
1993	Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad. Illustrated by Alan Lee. London: Frances Lincoln, 1993. ISBN 071120778X, 0711215227 (pbk).
1993	Blue Remembered Hills : a Recollection (New ed.). London: Bodley Head, 1993. ISBN 0370309405.
1993	The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. London: Walker Books, 1993. ISBN 0744521742, 0744543088 (pbk), 0744582598 (pbk)
1993	Chess-Dream in a Garden. Illustrated by Ralph Thompson. London: Walker Books, 1993. ISBN 074452282X, 9780744522822 (hbk).
1993	The Road to Camlann, Part Three of The Legends of King Arthur. Decorations by Shirley Felts. London: Red Fox, 1993. ISBN 0099979306 (pbk), 9780099979302 (pbk).
1993	Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection. London: Bodley Head, 1993. ISBN 0370309405.
1992	Beowulf: Dragonslayer (New ed.). London: Red Fox, 1992. ISBN 0099972700, 0099972700 (pbk).
1992	Hound of Ulster (Tales of Myth and Legend Series). London: Red Fox, 1992. ISBN 0099972603 (pbk).
1992	Light Beyond the Forest : Quest for the Holy Grail. London: Red Fox, 1992. ISBN 0099974509 (pbk).
1992	Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (New ed.). London: Red Fox, 1992. ISBN 0099974606 (pbk).
1992	The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cool. Drawings by Michael Charlton. London: Red Fox, 1992. ISBN 0099979403.
1992	The Road to Camlann (New ed.). London: Red Fox, 1992. ISBN 0099979306 (pbk).
1992	The Shield Ring. London: Puffin, 1992. ISBN 0140349693 (pbk).
1992	Beowulf: Dragon Slayer (New ed). London: Red Fox, 1992. ISBN 0099972700 (pbk).
1992	Shield Ring. London: Penguin (Puffin), 1992. ISBN 0140349693 (pbk).
1992	The Sword and the Circle : King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Decorations by Shirley Felts. London: Red Fox, 1992. ISBN 0099974606 (pbk)

Illustrators of Rosemary Sutcliff’s Books

C Walter Hodges

The Armourer’s House (1950)
Brother Dusty Feet (1951)
The Queen Elizabeth Story (1950)
The Eagle of the Ninth (1954)
Simon (1953)

Richard Kennedy

Outcast (1955)

Charles Keeping

The Silver Branch (1957)
The Lantern Bearers (1959)
Warrior Scarlet (1958)
Knight’s Fee (1960)
Beowulf: Dragonslayer (1961)
Dawn Wind (1961)
The Mark of the Horse Lord (1965)
The Capricorn Bracelet (1973)
Blood Feud (1976)

Victor Ambrus

The Hound of Ulster (1963)
Tristan and Iseult (1971)
The Changeling (1974)
A Little Dog Like You (1987)

Michael Charlton

The High Deeds of Finn MacCool (1967)

Emma Chichester Clark

The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup (1993)

Alan Lee

Black Ships Before Troy (1993)
The Wanderings of Odysseus (1995)

Ralph Thompson

Chess-Dream in A Garden (1993)

(Latest Revision:  19 AUGUST 2022)