The Shining Company (Red Fox Older Fiction)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00AZYX4VS
Publish date: February 27th 2013
Publisher: RHCP Digital
Pages no: 308
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
Academic,
School,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Kids
Well written historical fiction told from the point of view of a shieldbearer (similar to a squire) of one of the Shining Company (similar in purpose to the Spartan Three Hundred, but not used as nobly or as effectively). Prosper, the protaganist shieldbearer (i.e. narrator), grew up fast during th...
I have a long-standing love affair with Rosemary Sutcliff. Not literally, of course. In my opinion, she is simply the best of the best when it comes to historical fiction. I had never read The Shining Company before but it is now high on my recommended list. The book expands the events described ...