It is sad - bitterly sad. I think the following quote explains her success as a children's author: "My books are for children of all ages, from nine to ninety.
A chronological listing of her novels: I'd be hard pressed to choose a favourite of the Roman BritainI'd be hard pressed to choose a favourite of the Roman Britain“It is better to light a candle than to curse the dark.” That could be a description of Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Lantern Bearers. But he does still love her--even though he refuses to acknowledge that, or to forgive her. How does she do it, I wonder? The Lantern Bearers were founded after elves returned to Golarion from their refuge in Sovyrian in 2632 AR.. It is also the first book to make me cry at the end, and to make me feel that exquisite pain where you desperately don’t want a book to end and yet are This book deserves a much deeper treatment than I can give at the moment. "Rosemary Sutcliff, CBE was a British novelist, best known as a writer of highly acclaimed historical fiction. The book itself is all Rosemary Sutcliff - adventure, implausible co-incidences, and plenty of noble deeds. Morning always grows again"I believe that we shall hold the barbarians off for a while, and maybe for a long while, though--not forever....It was once told me that the great beacon light of the Rutupiae was seen blazing on the night AFTER the last of the Eagles flew from Britain. There were tears in my eyes as I finished.I don't know how I missed reading this trilogy until now. This novel could only have been written after two World Wars, after all.Boys' Own melancholia, immensely sad and bittersweet. Suffice to say, it is my favorite novel outside of “The Lord of the Rings”, and without the slightest bit of a exaggeration I think it is one of the finest works of historical fiction in the English language. Although primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults. [a lowly slave, he became a high-ranking commander in the British army, directly under the king. It takes work and effort and the desire to change, and Aquila carried those things out, eventually. After a spate of turgid and poorly written futures texts, I thought that i would escape into the fantasy of a well written children's book. And he makes even more mistakes in his relationship with his son than with his wife. But I loved it. Boys' Own melancholia, immensely sad and bittersweet. Only to have the Saxons swoop down on his home, slaughter his father and father's dog and other servants Aquilla has grown up with, leave him to be eaten by wolves, and drag off his 16 year old sister. It's the usual fare for Rosemary Sutcliff: a well researched story set in post-Roman Britain, drawing on real sources -- Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia, mostly, but perhaps also Wace and Layamon's Bruts. I felt for them. He later finds out that she has--and that, plus a related discovery and a perceived betrayal, destroys him. I loved the Minnow, and Tess, and Flavia. [he refuses to admit it, in the middle of the book. Because Aquila finally realizes fully the precious value of the relationships he has with his wife and son--and how they chose him, even if it took him longer to choose them. It is also the first book to make me cry at the end, and to make me feel that exquisite pain where you desperately don’t want a book to end and yet are so glad that it ended perfectly.I really liked this book. It takes a long time, but I'm so glad he does. Tess and Flavia will have a place in my heart, maybe a sad one but a place nonetheless. Tess and Flavia will have a place in my heart, maybe a sad one but a place nonetheless. It was about a young man whose family was killed/abducted by an invading army.
But it's a battle he can't win. Brilliant to set the beginning of the novel with the departure of the last Romans from Britain. Hyderabad: Notorious offender is back behind the bars. She once commented that she wrote "for children of all ages from nine to ninety. And that's how it is in real life, if someone like that does end up changing--though they more often don't. Although most of the other characters are not really explored.
(Saxons/barbarians) He retreated into the hills and lived on dreams of revenge. Rosemary Sutcliff's books so often bring a strange, tearful, lovely lump to my throat, and a strange, gut-wrenching mist to my eyes that tugs at my heart strings so beautifully. Part of a trilogy set in Roman Britain which I loved. After a spate of turgid and poorly written futures texts, I thought that i would escape into the fantasy of a well written children's book.
Still kinda young adult, but I wonder how it reads for a teenager. Written for teen agers but as an adult I enjoyed the whole trilogy. It's the usual fare for Rosemary Sutcliff: a well researched story set in post-Roman Britain, drawing on real sources -- Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia, mostly, but perhaps also Wace and Layamon's Bruts. It began after two years--but it took a lot longer. Welcome back. The Lantern Bearers were founded after elves returned to Their newfound openness and focuses on redemption and swift justice have brought sponsorship from Under the Winter Council, the group did not have a headquarters. That's the age at which it became my favorite novel outside of The Lord of the Rings. "It may be that night will close up over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come again. Although primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults. Aquila is a fascinating character here - not really hero or even antihero, but a complicated man with complicated loyalties. She once commented that she wrote "for children of all ages from nine to ninety.