Everyman's Library Children's Classics Series: The Eagle of the Ninth : Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges (Hardcover)

from yeremenko

This is fine work of fiction for young people. My son is 9, but a strong reader, and we read it together. Other than Harry Potter, there has not been a book we could read that held my interest as well as his. I was not aware it was written in 1954, that in itself is a complement. This story is st...

from AbigailAdams26

An immensely engaging work of historical fiction, Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth, first published in 1954, sets out to answer two unresolved questions from history: what happened to the lost Ninth Legion, stationed at Eburacum (modern-day York) in the early second century, a legion wh...

from Kristelh

Reason read: TIOLI and BAC This is the first book in a series in the Roman Britain Trilogy. It's an adventure story than could be appropriate for youth and adults. A new to me author. A series that I could read more but not sure that I will.

from bell7

Thirty years ago the Ninth Hispana, a legion in the Roman army in Britain in the 2nd century AD, went to the north country and disappeared. Now, Marcus Aquila, a Cohort Centurion, requests Britain as his first assignment because his father was among that legion and he would like the opportunity t...

from witchyrichy

The Eagle of the Ninth is part of the reason I like at least browsing the LT challenges even if I am not willing to commit completely. I don't think Rosemary Sutcliff's tale of Roman Britain would even have crossed my path were it not for the British Author Challenge. And what a tale it was: Marc...