Bibliograph

The eagle of the Ninth chronicles, Rosemary Sutcliff

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The eagle of the Ninth chronicles, Rosemary Sutcliff

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The eagle of the Ninth chronicles

Oclc number

520711091

Responsibility statement

Rosemary Sutcliff

Summary

In The Eagle of the Ninth, Marcus, a young centurion, embarks on a quest north of Hadrian's Wall to discover what had happened to his father's Legion and, if possible, to recover the famous Eagle, symbol of the Legion's honour. In The Silver Branch, a young Roman army medical officer, sent to Britain during the period of waning Roman rule, befriends a kinsman with whom he shares an adventure of intrigue, exile, and underground activity with the lost Ninth Legion. Finally, in The Lantern Bearers, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary

Table Of Contents

Eagle of the Ninth. Originally published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1954 -- The silver branch. Originally published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1957 -- The lantern bearers. Originally published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1959

Target audience

adolescent

Classification

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