Numerous book awards were won by Rosemary Sutcliff for historical novels and writing for children and young people in the UK, the USA, Denwmark, Holland and elsewhere. She won these awards at least (almost all listed on LibraryThing):
Tag: historical fiction
Oxford University Press Printed Catalogue on Rosemary Sutcliff
The Eagle of the Ninth Book versions since 1954
The Eagle of the Ninth film/movie (starring Channing Tatum , Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Tahir Raman, Mark Strong) is creating increased interest in Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel, which has sold over a million copies since it first came out in 1954. These are the versions of The Eagle of the Ninth in the UK I know of, recorded at the British Library at the time of posting.
FULL VERSIONS
- 1954 The Eagle of the Ninth Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. (pp. 255. Oxford University Press: London, 1954.)
- 1977 The Eagle of the Ninth (Harmondsworth : Puffin Books, 1977) (ISBN 0140308903 (pbk))
- 1980 Three Legions (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1980.) (ISBN 0192714503)
- 1985 Three Legions ([Harmondsworth] : Puffin in association with Oxford University Press, 1985, c1980.) (0140319174 (pbk))
- 1986 The Eagle of the Ninth [New ed.] (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1986) (ISBN 0192710370)
- 1994 The Eagle of the Ninth (London : Puffin in associaiton with Oxford University Press, 1994.) (ISBN 0140364579 (pbk))
- 2000 The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000, 1954.) (ISBN 0192750453 (pbk))
- 2004 The Eagle of the Ninth [50th anniversary ed.] (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004) (ISBN 0192753924 (pbk.))
- 2005 The Eagle of the Ninth (London : Folio Society, 2005)
ABRIDGED VERSIONS
- 1995 Escott, John. The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.) (0194227448 (pbk))
- 2000 Escott, John. The Eagle of the Ninth [2nd ed.] (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.) (0194230333 (pbk.))
A Reader’s Review of Rosemary Sutcliff’s final historical novel Sword Song
The Crawdad Hole has a long post on Sword Song – I have not found this to be written about as much by readers. I love the book because I transcribed it from Rosemary Sutcliff‘s hand-written draft manuscript left on her desk when she died suddenly in 1992. Her long-time editor Jill Black finalised it for publication.
Review of Rosemary Sutcliff’s bestselling adult arthurian historical novel Sword at Sunset
From The Bookbanter Blog a 2008 reviewof the Rosemary Sutcliff book, a best-selling historical novel for adults, Sword at Sunset which is about King Arthur. It is one of several books by Rosemary Sutcliff about Arthur.
Sutcliff’s early medieval world is not as ‘dark age’ as normally depicted in fiction, but thriving with trade and societal infrastructure across Europe still seemingly intact. Artos the Bear spends the beginning of the book traveling to southern France where he looks to purchase strong breeds of horses to bring back to Britain to create a strong cavalry force to fight against the invading Anglo Saxons and maintain the British control and rule.
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 