Name: the lantern bearers
SKU: 3788909
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Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
ISBN: 9780312644307

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Author

Rosemary Sutcliff

Publisher

Feiwel and Friends

Year

2010

Pages

ISBN

0312644302

ISBN13

9780312644307

Synopsis "the lantern bearers"

Threatened by an unstoppable tide of invaders, the last of the Roman Auxiliaries are setting sail to leave Britain forever. But Aquila, a young legionnaire, chooses to stay behind, in order to join the fight to save his native land.

Rosemary Sutcliff

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He traveled a lot in his childhood due to his father's status as a navy officer. An illness resulted in him living in a wheelchair for almost his entire life. He studied Art at Bideford school, and dedicated himself to painting miniatures until he began writing in 1950.

He wrote children's novels, adventure stories, biographies, and primarily historical fiction novels, characterized by their meticulous writing and high literary quality, with much delicacy and lyricism.

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