![]() She died in Walberton, West Sussex (England, U.K.)) in 1992. ![]() A brief biography of Rosemary Sutcliffīritish author Rosemary Sutcliff was born in East Clandon, Surrey (England, U.K.) in 1920. This site includes the story of her life and work, a summary of every book, a bibliography and lists of her titles, reviews, facts, news, opinion and personal recollection. Internationally-acclaimed and widely-read, she won many book awards including The Carnegie Medal. ![]() In time setting they range from Ancient Greece, through Roman times in Britain, to the Dark and Middle Ages, Elizabethan and Tudor times, the English Civil War and the early 1800s in Medina. She wrote over sixty children’s books, historical novels, stories, radio and TV scripts. Classic Sutcliff books include not only The Eagle of the Ninth, but The Lantern Bearers, Sword at Sunset, and Song for a Dark Queen fantasy retellings of myth and legend such as Beowulf, Black Ships Before Troy, and The Hound of Ulster fairy-tales like The Roundabout Horse and The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup and her autobiography Blue Remembered Hills. ![]() Rosemary Sutcliff produced classic children’s literature, young adult literature, and historical fiction. Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92) is known most widely as the author of the classic of historical fiction and children’s literature The Eagle of the Ninth, a film as well as book, TV and radio series. ![]()
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