Rosemary Sutcliff
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Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-1992) was a British novelist, best known as a writer of children's historical fiction.
Born in Surrey, Sutcliff left school at fourteen to take up painting. She began to suffer from arthritis, which caused her to be confined to a wheelchair for most of her adult life.
Her career as a writer began in 1950. In 1959, she won the Carnegie Medal for The Lantern Bearers. She became one of the UK's top children's writers, a status she did not relinquish until her death, but she also wrote for adults.
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Books
Eagle of the Ninth series
- The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) ilustrated by C. Walter Hodges
- The Silver Branch (1957) illustrated by Charles Keeping
- The Lantern Bearers (1959) illustrated by Charles Keeping
- Sword at Sunset (1963)
Arthurian novels
- The Sword and the Circle (1979)
- The Light Beyond the Forest (1979)
- The Road to Camlann (1981)
Other children's novels
- Outcast (1955) illustrated by Richard Kennedy
- Warrior Scarlet (1958) illustrated by Charles Keeping
- The Queen Elizabeth Story (1958) illustrated by C. Walter Hodges
- Simon (1959) illustrated by C. Walter Hodges
- Knight's Fee (1960) illustrated by Charles Keeping
- Beowulf: Dragonslayer (1961) illustrated by Charles Keeping; retells the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf
- Dawn Wind (1961) illustrated by Charles Keeping
- The Hound of Ulster (1963) illustrated by Victor Ambrus; retells the story of the Irish hero Cúchulainn
- The Mark of the Horse Lord (1965) illustrated by Charles Keeping
- The Capricorn Bracelet (1973) illustrated by Charles Keeping
- The Changeling (1974) illustrated by Victor Ambrus
- Blood Feud (1977) illustrated by Charles Keeping
- The Shining Company (1990)
- Black Ships Before Troy (1993) illustrated by Alan Lee; retells the Iliad
- Sword Song (1997) published posthumously
Non-fiction
- Heroes and History (1966) illustrated by Charles Keeping
Novels for adults
- Blood and Sand (1987)de:Rosemary Sutcliff