Rosemary Sutcliff used kennings, some from the Anglo-Saxon, some probably invented herself. These are word combinations used instead of ordinary nouns in Old Norse and later Icelandic poetry.Out in the world of web discussions, one commenter remembers ‘whale-road’ was one for the sea, and ‘wave-rider’ for a ship. Do Sutcliff fans who read this blog recall others?
Film, Books, TV, Radio | The Eagle (of the Ninth) | Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92), author of The Eagle of the Ninth book, now a film due in February 2011 to be called The Eagle, as well as a TV and radio series, wrote some sixty children’s books, historical novels, and stories. This blog reviews and covers all the books by Rosemary Sutcliff: every book for children, adults and young adults, and related TV, radio and films (movies) of the books. Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff novel and Greek hero Alcibiades help classics undergraduate
Twenty-two years ago today, in an article about putting right the wrongs attributed to historically famous figures, Sarah Jane Evans wrote about how Rosemary Sutcliff and Alcibiades (in The Flower of Adonis) once helped her as an undergraduate student of Classics.
Rosemary Sutcliff once got me out of a tight spot. Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff | Died, July 23rd, 1992 | Anniversary of the Day
A sad anniversary today: Rosemary Sutcliff died unexpectedly and too young on this day July 23rd, in 1992. Quite when July 23rd starts and finishes depends where you are in the world reading this; for me in England tomorrow is July 23rd.
It is the Feast Day of St Anne or Susanna, St Apollinaris of Ravenna, St Bridget of Sweden, St John Cassian, St Liborius, St Romula and her Companions, and The Three Wise Men. The births, deaths and events that happened that I know of also on this day include:
Rosemary Sutcliff | An Unforgettable Writer of Fantasy and more| Sutcliff Review of the Week
Rosemary Sutcliff, children’s writer and historical novelist, is “unforgettable” to Keith Taylor, himself a writer, in a web article which reader of this blog Anne McFadgen has alerted me to (Thank you!). Her work, he writes, is “memorable'” because “decades after he has read her books scenes “from all of them come to my mind’s eye as vividly as if I’d seen them happen”. Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 