The Lantern Bearers
Published on 9. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-312-64430-7 (ISBN)
Description
Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers is the winner of the 1959 Carnegie Medal in Literature.
The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain forever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila, a young Legionnaire, deserted his regiment to stay behind with his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow, and in the end, there is only one thing left in Aquila's life-his thirst for revenge . . .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Seventh Grade and over, Interest Age: From 10 to 15 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Maps
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-64430-7 (9780312644307)
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Rosemary Sutcliff
The Lantern Bearers
E-Book
02/2011
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
€11.49
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Person
Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-1992) wrote dozens of books for young readers, including her award-winning Roman Britain trilogy, The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch, and The Lantern Bearers, which won the Carnegie Medal. The Eagle of the Ninth is now a major motion picture, The Eagle, directed by Kevin MacDonald and starring Channing Tatum. Born in Surrey, Sutcliff spent her childhood in Malta and on various other naval bases where her father was stationed. At a young age, she contracted Still's Disease, which confined her to a wheelchair for most of her life. Shortly before her death, she was named Commander of the British Empire (CBE) one of Britain's most prestigious honors. She died in West Sussex, England, in 1992.