This beautiful illustration of Little Cullen from Rosemary Sutcliff’s novel, The Silver Branch is from The Folio Society’s 2004 edition, drawn by Roman Pisarev. (From another great comment… more →
The Rosemary Sutcliff Archivewrote 11 months ago: Special Events Half-Price Books was holding their massive annual book sale down at the fair grounds … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Foreshadowing is that most fundamental of narrative tricks, the suggestion or weaving together of fu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: With the first cold snap in the Northeast, many of us are whimpering like babies. The Midwest has se … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Usually, with me, I start some kind of project (either on my own or with someone) and it never gets … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I have literally just devoured the whole of the book and I cannot begin to express how I feel about … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Kolumna ludzi wśród gór posuwała się naprzód jak błyszczący, srebrzysty wąż, cętkowany szkarłatnymi … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles This is one of the first books I was made (forced) to read at school. … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Rosemary Sutcliff, children’s writer and historical novelist, is “unforgettable” t … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Charles Keeping illustrated many Rosemary Sutcliff children’s books. He won many book awards … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The Eagle of the Ninth (now a 2010 film) is ‘perhaps’ Rosemary Sutcliff’s ‘f … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Trying to make sense of comments made on the previous Spanish post , I am faced with a comment that … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Today, courtesy of a Google Alert, I came across an old discussion thread, ‘Is there a war be … more →
wrote 3 years ago: And now I am on the track of Spanish material about Rosemary Sutcliff, I have found this too about T … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Macmillan: Farrar Strauss Giroux, publishers of Rosemary Sutcliff in the USA, have a teacher’s … more →
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wrote 3 years ago: This beautiful illustration of Little Cullen from Rosemary Sutcliff’s novel, The Silver Branch … more →