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The Lantern Bearers — Rosemary Sutcliff
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Published:
Feb-1959 -
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Main Genre:
Thriller -
Time Period:
Medieval (1000-1400) -
Pages:
320 -
Age Level:
10-13 -
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Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers is the winner of the 1959 Carnegie Medal in Literature.
The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain forever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila, a young Legionnaire, deserted his regiment to stay behind with his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow, and in the end, there is only one thing left in Aquila's life -- his thirst for revenge . . .
The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain forever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila, a young Legionnaire, deserted his regiment to stay behind with his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow, and in the end, there is only one thing left in Aquila's life -- his thirst for revenge . . .
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- First Edition
- Feb-2007
- Oxford University Press (UK)
- Paperback
- ISBN: 0192755064
- ISBN13: 9780192755063
