The Eagle of the Ninth
by Rosemary Sutcliff
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Author: Rosemary SutcliffEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-09-01
ISBN: 0374419302
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Book Review: "It has been good hunting, brother."
Summary: 5 Stars
Rosemary Sutcliff is one of those authors whose books I can pick up and know they will be satisfying.
The Eagle of the Ninth does not fail to meet that rather strict expectation. It is a rip-roaring ride that follows a young Roman named Marcus and his good friend, Esca, through the wastes of Northern England and Scotland.
Marcus' purpose for this journey is the recovery of the lost eagle of the Ninth Legion--his father's legion. The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of the North some twelve years before Marcus set out, and never returned. Some time later, rumor reaches the Roman provinces that a Roman eagle was in the hands of the northern tribesmen, and Marcus determines to go and find it.
High adventure follows.
I have been a Sutcliff fan for years, and the Eagle of the Ninth certainly makes a place for itself among the ranks of her other works as a masterful work of fiction about the Roman era. If you buy this book, you can safely say with Marcus and Esca, the two protagonists, that "It has been good hunting, brother."
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