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Rosemary Sutcliff

Born

in West Clandon, England, The United Kingdom

December 14, 1920

Died

July 23, 1992

Website

http://rosemarysutcliff.com/

Genre

Fiction, Children's, Memoir

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Rosemary Sutcliff, CBE (1920-1992) was a British novelist, best known as a writer of highly acclaimed historical fiction. Although primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults. She once commented that she wrote "for children of all ages, from nine to ninety."

Born in West Clandon, Surrey, Sutcliff spent her early youth in Malta and other naval bases where her father was stationed as a naval officer. She contracted Still's Disease when she was very young and was confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. Due to her chronic sickness, she spent the majority of her time with her mother, a tireless storyteller, from whom she learned many of the Celtic and Saxon legends that she would later expand ...more

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Rosemary Sutcliff’s books

Average rating: 3.96 · 36,930 ratings · 3,658 reviews · 141 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Eagle of the Ninth 3.94 avg rating — 10,413 ratings — published 1954 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff, Alan Lee (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 3,629 ratings — published 1993 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lantern Bearers 4.12 avg rating — 2,571 ratings — published 1959 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping 3.94 avg rating — 2,636 ratings — published 1957 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sword At Sunset 4.09 avg rating — 1,962 ratings — published 1963 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wanderings of Odysseus 3.85 avg rating — 1,683 ratings — published 1995 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shining Company 3.84 avg rating — 1,291 ratings — published 1990 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mark of the Horse Lord 4.18 avg rating — 945 ratings — published 1965 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 3.77 avg rating — 911 ratings — published 1981 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outcast 3.97 avg rating — 850 ratings — published 1955 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Dolphin Ring Cycle (8 books)
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Rosemary Sutcliff

4.00 avg rating — 20,057 ratings

The Roman Britain Trilogy (3 books)
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Rosemary Sutcliff

3.97 avg rating — 16,067 ratings

King Arthur Trilogy (3 books)
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Shirley Felts (Illustrator)

3.86 avg rating — 1,823 ratings

Quotes by Rosemary Sutcliff (?)

“I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as though it were quite separate from the rest. I think the end of a story is part of it from the beginning.”
― Rosemary Sutcliff

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“It may be that the night will close over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come again. Morning always grows out of the darkness, though maybe not for the people who saw the sun go down. We are the Lantern Bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind.”
― Rosemary Sutcliff, The Lantern Bearers

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“You cannot expect the man who made this shield to live easily under the rule of man who worked the sheath of this dagger . . . You are the builders of coursed stone walls, the makers of straight roads and ordered justice and disciplined troops. We know that, we know it all too well. We know that your justice is more sure than ours, and when we rise against you, we see our hosts break against the discipline of your troops, as the sea breaks against a rock. And we do not understand, because all these things are the ordered pattern, and only the free curves of the shield-boss are real to us. We do not understand. And when the time comes that we begin to understand your world, too often we lose the understanding of our own.”
― Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

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HISTORICAL FICTION POLL "B"
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests. You will only receive one notification per poll. There will be simultaneous polls so please make sure to vote in each one.

Patrick O'Brian

MASTER AND COMMANDER BY PATRICK O'BRIAN

14 votes, 32.6%

Mark Twain

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI BY MARK TWAIN

5 votes, 11.6%

Erich Maria Remarque

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT BY ERICH MARIA REMARQUE

5 votes, 11.6%

The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) by Mary Renault

Mary Renault

THE PERSIAN BOY BY MARY RENAULT

5 votes, 11.6%

Steven Pressfield

THE VIRTUES OF WAR: A NOVEL OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD

4 votes, 9.3%

Steven Pressfield

GATES OF FIRE: AN EPIC NOVEL OF THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD

2 votes, 4.7%

Steven Pressfield

THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN: A NOVEL BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD

2 votes, 4.7%

Kenneth Roberts

ARUNDEL BY KENNETH ROBERTS

2 votes, 4.7%

Pauline Gedge

THE EAGLE AND THE RAVEN BY PAULINE GEDGE

1 vote, 2.3%

Rosemary Sutcliff

THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH BY ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF

1 vote, 2.3%

Wallace Breem

EAGLE IN THE SNOW BY WALLACE BREEM

1 vote, 2.3%

Robert Louis Stevenson

THE BLACK ARROW BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

1 vote, 2.3%

Steven Pressfield

KILLING ROMMEL: A NOVEL BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD

0 votes, 0.0%

Mary Renault

THE LAST OF THE WINE BY MARY RENAULT

0 votes, 0.0%

Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1) by Mary Renault

Mary Renault

FIRE FROM HEAVEN BY MARY RENAULT

0 votes, 0.0%

43 total votes

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