Roemary sutcliff (2 risultati)
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: FOLIO, 2006
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Da: Widney Manor Books, solihull, MIDLA, Regno UnitoWidney Manor Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: As New. As new book.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Folio Society, London, 2006
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Da: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, Regno UnitoAmazing Book Company
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in illustrated cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. A dustwrapper is not called for, this copy is encased in a robust, black paper covered slipcase. International postal rate…s are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The Eagle of the Ninth is a historical adventure novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1954. The story is set in Roman Britain in the 2nd century AD, after the building of Hadrian's Wall. Discharged because of a battle wound that has left him lame in one leg, a young Roman officer Marcus Flavius Aquila tries to discover the truth about the disappearance of his father's legion in northern Britain. Disguised as a Greek oculist and travelling beyond Hadrian's Wall with his freed ex-slave, the British native hunter Esca, Marcus finds that a demoralized and mutinous Ninth Legion was annihilated by a great rising of the northern tribes. In part, this disgrace was redeemed through a heroic last stand by a small remnant (including Marcus's father) around the legion's eagle standard. Marcus's hope of seeing the lost legion re-established is dashed, but he is able to bring back the gilded bronze eagle so that it can no longer serve as a symbol of Roman defeat - and thus will no longer be a danger to the frontier's security. Rewarded by Rome for his services, he decides to settle as a landowner and farmer in Britain with his British wife, Cottia, and his freed friend, Esca. Ref *SS 3. Roman Pisarev (illustratore).
