![]() The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) is perhaps her finest work and exemplifies the psychological dilemmas that Rosemary Sutcliff brought to her novels. The Capricorn Bracelet comprises six linked short stories spanning the years AD 61 to AD 383, and Hadrian’s Wall features in the narrative. She sets several of her best-known works in Roman and Dark Age Britain, giving her the opportunity to write about divided loyalties, a recurring theme. “One of the most distinguished children’s writers of our times, Rosemary Sutcliff wrote over thirty books, some of them now considered classics. ![]() ![]() It seems now to have disappeared from the web. ![]() One Alan Myers once compiled an ‘A to Z of the many writers of the past who had a significant connection’ with the North-East of England. ![]()
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