The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles - Couverture souple

Sutcliff, Rosemary

 
9780192789983: The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0192789988 ISBN 13 : 9780192789983
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Rosemary Sutcliff was born in Surrey, the daughter of a naval officer. At the age of two she contracted the progressively wasting Still's disease and spent most of her life in a wheelchair. Apart from reading, she made little progress at school and left at fourteen to attend art school, specializing in miniature painting. In the 1940s she exhibited her first miniature in the Royal Academy and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters just after the war. In 1950 her first children's book, The Queen's Story, was published and from then on she devoted her time to writing the children's historical novels which have made her such an esteemed and highly respected name in the field of children's literature. She received an OBE in the 1975 Birthday Honour's List and a CBE in 1992. Rosemary Sutcliff died at the age of 72 in 1992.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0192789988
ISBN 13 
9780192789983
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
624
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie
ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it

Via Verdi, 8
Assago Milano
20090
Italie

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9780192794727: The Eagle of the Ninth Collection Boxed Set

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0192794728 ISBN 13 :  9780192794727
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2012
Couverture souple