Rosemary Sutcliffová bola britská autorka, známa najmä svojim pútavým historickým románom, ktorý oslovuje čitateľov všetkých vekových kategórií. S precíznosťou oživovala minulosť, pričom jej diela vynikajú atmosférou a hĺbkou. Jej jedinečný štýl spočíva v prepojení historických udalostí s emocionálnymi príbehmi. Sutcliffová dokázala prostredníctvom svojich kníh vtiahnuť čitateľov do minulosti.
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The shadow of the approaching Dark Ages hangs over this last of the Roman novels. Rome’s legacy is finally decaying, the regular legions have been withdrawn, and Saxon raiding parties are invading the British countryside. As commander of a cavalry troop, young Aquila has been ordered to leave, but he has grown to love Britain and stays on, only to see his father’s farm torched by the Saxons, his father and the household servants murdered and his sister Flavia abducted. Aquila himself is captured and spends years as slave to a Saxon clan, but as the darkness gathers over Britain, it only strengthens his determination to avenge his family and keep Roman values alive. 1959 Carnegie Medal winner.
Violence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. In fear for their lives they gather together a tattered band of men and lead them into the thick of battle. But will they be in time to save the Emperor...
Om de eer van zijn verdwenen vader te redden gaat een jonge Romein met zijn Britse vriend in het Brittannië van de 2e eeuw op zoek naar de verdwenen standaard van zijn vaders legioen.
This brilliant reconception of the Arthurian epic cuts through the familiar myths and tells the story of the real King Arthur: Artos the Bear, the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western civilization when the barbarian darkness descended in the fifth century. Artos here comes alive: bold and forceful in battle, warm and generous in friendship, tough in politics, shrewd in the strategy of war - and tender and tragically tormented in love. Out of the braiding of ancient legend, fresh research, soaring imagination and hypnotic narrative skill comes a novel that has richly earned its reputation as a classic.
Jestyn the Englishman had once been Thormod the Viking's slave, but after saving Thormod's life he became his shoulder to shoulder man and sworn brother in the deadly blood feud to avenge Thormod's murdered father, a feud that would take them all the way to Constantinople.
In the sixth century A.D. the Saxons ruled Southern England. After the great battle of Aquae Sulis, Owain, injured, wakes to find his father and brother killed during the fight. On the battlefield the only other living thing is a lean and hungry dog. This story covers the twelve years following the battle and describes the life and adventures of Owain during this time of historic change in the annals of England.
They tipped out the garbage-bin of the Eagles to make us what we are.'In disgrace after a mistake that cost the lives of half his men, Alexios arrives in Castellum. The Frontier Wolves who man this outpost in the far north of Roman Britain are a fierce and savage bunch, a far cry from the regular legions he'd served in before.