I am starting to collect references by writers to the influence Rosemary Sutcliff had on them, or at least to the fact that they read her. All references very welcome, please! Thus Karen Cushman read young adult historical novels by such authors as Rosemary Sutcliffe (sic; it should be Rosemary Sutcliff) and Patricia Mac-Lachlan, admiring their “simple and polished prose.” (Source: Publishers Weekly vol 24 (4 July) 1994). Her 1995 novel The Midwife’s Apprentice won the Newbery Medal for children’s literature
Recommend reading Rosemary Sutcliff but with no ‘E’ in Rosemary Sutcliffe please!
I get cross when people who should know better spell Rosemary Sutcliff’s name wrong – as Sutcliffe (sic). It is Sutcliff (sic). If you are doing research in databases, or on the web or wherever, it is a good idea always to search for Sutcliffe (with an E) as well as Sutcliff! If I had not done that, I would not have discovered that in the UK’s newspaper of record (at that time), in a list of 50 books all children should read (The Times, 19 Feb 1988), ‘Eagles of the Ninth’ (sic) was recommended for 12 to 18 year olds ( the proper title is ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’), and it was said to be by ‘Rosemary Sutcliffe”.Read More »
Spanish Film Site on Eagle of the Ninth
A Spanish film website wrote at length on the coming film of Eagle of the Ninth. (Google translator comes into its own for non-Spanish speakers like myself).
Historical novels website on Rosemary Sutcliff
The website historicalnovels.info lists ‘over 5,000 historical novels by time and place’. There are interesting articles about books related to particular periods in history as well as items on various authors including one on Rosemary Sutcliff by ‘Annis’. (Links in the posting connect to entries about Rosemary’s books on an American bookseller’s site.)Read More »
The Illustrators of Rosemary Sutcliff’s books | Charles Keeping, Alan Lee and more
The major illustrators of Rosemary Sutcliff‘s books were Charles Keeping, Alan Lee, Victor Ambrus, C Walter Hodges, Richard Kennedy, and Emma Chichester Clark. The books they illustrated included: Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 