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  • Sword Song

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    Paperback (Macmillan Childrens, April 11, 2005)
    Discovered among Rosemary Sutcliff 's papers after her death in 1992, Sword Song is the swashbuckling epic of a young Viking swordsman, banished from his home for unintentionally killing a man, who takes up a new life as a mercenary.
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  • Tristan and Iseult

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    Paperback (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sept. 1, 1991)
    Tristan defeats Ireland's greatest warrior and gains the friendship of his uncle, the King of Cornwall, who entrusts him with a very special mission: to sail the seas in search of a queen.
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  • The Wanderings of Odysseus

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1996)
    A master storyteller and an award-winning illustrator evoke the golden age of mythical Greece in this spirited retelling of The Odyssey.
  • The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    Paperback (Laurel, Dec. 13, 2005)
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  • Blood Feud

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    eBook (RHCP Digital, Oct. 30, 2013)
    Jestyn the Englishman had once been Thormod the Viking's slave, but after saving Thormod's life he became his shoulder to shoulder man and sworn brother in the deadly blood feud to avenge Thormod's murdered father, a feud that would take them all the way to Constantinople.
  • Dragon Slayer: The Story of Beowulf Puffin Books by Rosemary SUTCLIFF

    Rosemary SUTCLIFF

    Mass Market Paperback (Puffin, )
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  • Knight's Fee

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    eBook (RHCP Digital, Oct. 30, 2013)
    Randall is an unloved and unwanted orphan kennel boy at Arundel Castle. And then, one fateful day, he upsets the new Lord's mettlesome horse.Against the violent and turbulent backdrop of Norman England, Sutcliff tells the moving story of a young boy who is wagered and won in a game of chess between a lord and a minstrel . . .
  • The Witch's Brat

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    eBook (RHCP Digital, July 31, 2013)
    The Abbey of New Minster means safety to Lovel. It is the reign of Henry I in England, and the monks protect Lovel from the people who think that, because of his crooked back and healing skills, he must be a witch. And, he has nowhere else to go.Then he meets Rahere, the King’s Jester, in the abbey – and makes a bargain that will take Lovel to London, to establish a life of his own at the great hospital of St Bartholomew.
  • Beowulf : Dragonslayer

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    Hardcover (Gardners Books, Jan. 31, 1994)
    This series offers classic and contemporary fiction for schools to suit a range of ages and tastes. In this book, Hrothgar the King prays that his people be freed from the horror of the Death-Shadow. A strong and courageous warrior arrives, ready to fight the fearsome wolf-man Grendel.
  • Bonnie Dundee

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    eBook (RHCP Digital, May 31, 2013)
    It is seventeenth-century Scotland, and the Covenanters – those wanting religious freedom from the dictates of English rule – are gathering strength. Hugh Herriott, fresh from a Covenanting background, finds himself working for redcoat Colonel Claverhouse and his Lady Jean: first as the stable-lad and in later years, as galloper to Claverhouse. The tension mounts between the two sides of the divided country. Claverhouse, with Hugh always by his side, leads his troops in bloody battle against the Covenanters, through forest and valley, village and town, victory… and loss.
  • The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    eBook (Oxford University Press, May 5, 2011)
    The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain-and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved, until now . . . So begins the story of The Eagle of the Ninth, set against a backdrop of Roman Britain and featuring a young soldier, Marcus Aquila, who sets off into the unknown north to find out what happened to the lost legion. Following on from this are The Silver Branch in which two young soldiers uncover a plot to overthrow the Emperor, and The Lantern Bearers which is set at a time when the Romans are leaving the shores of Britain and tells of Aquila who, having served in the Roman army, is now returning home to his farm-but when he gets there everything he knows and loves has been destroyed and so he sets out to seek revenge. To have three such exciting stories in one volume is a treat for fans old and new.
  • Song For A Dark Queen

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    eBook (RHCP Digital, Dec. 31, 2013)
    From the day Cadwan fashioned a sword from a willow wand and composed a victory song for his young mistress, Boudicca, he has loyally charted her rise to Queen. Boudicca is the strong and brave leader of the Iceni tribe - courageously guiding her people from one victorious battle to her next. Then Emperor Nero rules that the royal line of the Iceni is to be ended, and Boudicca knows this is one battle she cannot afford to lose . . .