Writer of historical fiction and children’s literature Rosemary Sutcliff didn’t write as child at school
Rosemary Sutcliff spent a limited time in formal school education, but it did not hinder her in becoming what The
For award-winning, internationally-acclaimed author Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92). By Anthony Lawton: godson, cousin & literary executor. Rosemary Sutcliff wrote historical fiction, children's literature and books, films, TV & radio, including The Eagle of the Ninth, Sword at Sunset, Song for a Dark Queen, The Mark of the Horse Lord, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers, Dawn Wind, Blue Remembered Hills.
Rosemary Sutcliff spent a limited time in formal school education, but it did not hinder her in becoming what The
Julia Eccleshare, expert on children’s and young adult’s fiction and literature (and Book Doctor at The Guardian), recently wrote a
My schooling began late, owing to a childhood illness, and ended when I was only fourteen, owing to my entire lack of
Rosemary Sutcliff could not read until she was ten or eleven years old. Certainly aged nine she saw no point!
The Times newspaper published in mid-2013 a list of the top 50 ‘books that all children should read’, which included