Name: sword song
SKU: 1735527
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Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
ISBN: 9780374469849

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Rosemary Sutcliff

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Language

English

Pages

271

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1x12.4x2.3 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN

0374469849

ISBN13

9780374469849

Synopsis "sword song"

Discovered among Rosemary Sutcliff 's papers after her death in 1992, Sword Song is the swashbuckling epic of a young Viking swordsman, banished from his home for unintentionally killing a man, who takes up a new life as a mercenary.

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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