Unusual time period, circa 110, C.E. I found the adventures well researched and interesting. Decent pace. I have the trilogy version of the book, but didn't feel compelled to continue with the series, ... at this point.
[Originally posted on tumblr on 4. October 2012] I remember promising a post about ‘The Eagle of the Ninth' by Rosemary Sutcliff. I'm not so sure when it comes to writing about this since it says on the back cover that millions of copies have been sold of this book. So I'll just assume that a lot ...
This book is wonderful. Marcus and Eska are two of my favorite heroes, and their story is so well imagined and so intelligent, it captures you immediately and just won't release you until you're finished with it. Rosemary Sutcliff's writing style alone is enough to suck my breath away; she's so, so ...
The film is what led me to read the book. The film is quite violent and has more than its needed share of bloody scenes, but I liked the friendship between the leads and in the credits I saw that it was based off of a book. Obviously, I had to go read it and it was interesting to see the similaritie...
Around AD 120, the Legio IX Hispana (or Hispania) “disappeared.” Its last known posting was on Hadrian’s Wall in northern Britain, and a legend has grown up that it was ordered on a punitive expedition against the Picti beyond the Wall and was lost campaigning against them. Numerous authors have exp...
Theres a lot of nice touches in this. Marcus is the only character who's really fleshed out significantly, but he's engaging and sympathetic. I thought it interesting too that it's a book about a young man that learns how to stop being a soldier, and I particularly liked all the little background b...
4/24/2011 ** Marcus, a young Centurion in the Roman army around 100 A.D., has been mustered out after severely breaking his leg. After spending time as an invalid at his previously unknown uncle's home, he hears rumors of the emblem of his father's legion - a legion which disappeared in unknown cir...
I'm grateful to the movie The Eagle for two things: Jamie Bell, and the fact that it made me reread the book.I love Sutcliff's language, not just her poetic descriptions of the landscape but also how, in a few, brief words, she's able to sum up complex emotional states. "He was very afraid of kindne...
I read this novel a long time ago and I wanted to read it again before I see the forthcoming film. Sutcliff is the author of some of the most brilliant writers of historical fiction I have ever read. she has an extraordinary talent for bringing the past vividly to life.
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