Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92)
@rosemarysutcliff.bsky.social
For one of the ministrel kind. Brings history to life, life to history. Award-winning author of historical fiction, re-tellings of sagas & legends, children’s literature. #ReadingRosemarySutcliff #RosemarySutcliffsBooksInYearOrder
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I am now feeling smug on behalf of @rosemarysutcliff.bsky.social et al from children's historical fiction writing when they stuck to the Roman evidence and got it right. Updating my post on this now! katemacdonald.net/2024/03/12/r...
Rosemary Sutcliff: her pre-Roman novels
I’ve been rereading Rosemary Sutcliff for the past three weeks, preparing a talk that I gave twice, for the Guildhall Library London and Westminster Libraries, to publicise a new edition of Rosemar…
katemacdonald.net
January 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I am now feeling smug on behalf of @rosemarysutcliff.bsky.social et al from children's historical fiction writing when they stuck to the Roman evidence and got it right. Updating my post on this now! katemacdonald.net/2024/03/12/r...
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social . Are you aware that one part of the NHS at least @EMASNHSTrust refuses to accept a ( heartfelt) complimentary comment emailed in after an excellent bit of paramedic help? Ridiculous. I am not filling in a form to compliment paramedic technicians John & Wendy
January 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social . Are you aware that one part of the NHS at least @EMASNHSTrust refuses to accept a ( heartfelt) complimentary comment emailed in after an excellent bit of paramedic help? Ridiculous. I am not filling in a form to compliment paramedic technicians John & Wendy
The ‘temptation” Rosemary Sutcliff once said: “is to try & use everything you’ve found out in…research. That can be fatal, because you…only need to use about 1/10. It’s…like an iceberg…It has to be there, because it gives you the freedom of the period. But you don’t use it.”
January 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The ‘temptation” Rosemary Sutcliff once said: “is to try & use everything you’ve found out in…research. That can be fatal, because you…only need to use about 1/10. It’s…like an iceberg…It has to be there, because it gives you the freedom of the period. But you don’t use it.”
I posted on X today:
HappyNew Year all ye who actively follow here (X) & love #ReadingRosemarySutcliff.
But I will no longer post on this (X) platform with owner Elon Musk—a dangerous self-seeking right-wing ideologue with no regard to facts—actively slurring this country’s democracy & leaders.
HappyNew Year all ye who actively follow here (X) & love #ReadingRosemarySutcliff.
But I will no longer post on this (X) platform with owner Elon Musk—a dangerous self-seeking right-wing ideologue with no regard to facts—actively slurring this country’s democracy & leaders.
January 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I posted on X today:
HappyNew Year all ye who actively follow here (X) & love #ReadingRosemarySutcliff.
But I will no longer post on this (X) platform with owner Elon Musk—a dangerous self-seeking right-wing ideologue with no regard to facts—actively slurring this country’s democracy & leaders.
HappyNew Year all ye who actively follow here (X) & love #ReadingRosemarySutcliff.
But I will no longer post on this (X) platform with owner Elon Musk—a dangerous self-seeking right-wing ideologue with no regard to facts—actively slurring this country’s democracy & leaders.
🎄 Dec 23 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“Through the centuries, the roots of the oak hold firm.” 🌳📖
Three novellas show how history and myth intertwine across time.
#HeatherOakAndOlive
“Through the centuries, the roots of the oak hold firm.” 🌳📖
Three novellas show how history and myth intertwine across time.
#HeatherOakAndOlive
December 23, 2024 at 5:15 PM
🎄 Dec 23 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“Through the centuries, the roots of the oak hold firm.” 🌳📖
Three novellas show how history and myth intertwine across time.
#HeatherOakAndOlive
“Through the centuries, the roots of the oak hold firm.” 🌳📖
Three novellas show how history and myth intertwine across time.
#HeatherOakAndOlive
🎄 Dec 22 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“Memory is the thread that stitches our past to our present.” 🖋️⛰️
Sutcliff’s autobiography reveals how her childhood illness shaped her as a writer. And she writes of her love of for Rupert.
#BlueRememberedHills
“Memory is the thread that stitches our past to our present.” 🖋️⛰️
Sutcliff’s autobiography reveals how her childhood illness shaped her as a writer. And she writes of her love of for Rupert.
#BlueRememberedHills
December 22, 2024 at 8:29 PM
🎄 Dec 22 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“Memory is the thread that stitches our past to our present.” 🖋️⛰️
Sutcliff’s autobiography reveals how her childhood illness shaped her as a writer. And she writes of her love of for Rupert.
#BlueRememberedHills
“Memory is the thread that stitches our past to our present.” 🖋️⛰️
Sutcliff’s autobiography reveals how her childhood illness shaped her as a writer. And she writes of her love of for Rupert.
#BlueRememberedHills
🎄 Dec 21 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“Healing the body is easier than healing the heart.” 🧙♂️❤️
A boy with disabilities finds his place in the world through healing arts in medieval England.
#TheWitchsBrat #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
“Healing the body is easier than healing the heart.” 🧙♂️❤️
A boy with disabilities finds his place in the world through healing arts in medieval England.
#TheWitchsBrat #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
December 21, 2024 at 11:07 AM
🎄 Dec 21 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“Healing the body is easier than healing the heart.” 🧙♂️❤️
A boy with disabilities finds his place in the world through healing arts in medieval England.
#TheWitchsBrat #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
“Healing the body is easier than healing the heart.” 🧙♂️❤️
A boy with disabilities finds his place in the world through healing arts in medieval England.
#TheWitchsBrat #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
🎄 Dec 20 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“A hero’s strength is not in his sword but in his soul.” 🐺⚔️
Cuchulain’s myth told with Rosemary Sutcliff’s skillful realism.
#TheHoundOfUlster
“A hero’s strength is not in his sword but in his soul.” 🐺⚔️
Cuchulain’s myth told with Rosemary Sutcliff’s skillful realism.
#TheHoundOfUlster
December 20, 2024 at 3:34 PM
🎄 Dec 20 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“A hero’s strength is not in his sword but in his soul.” 🐺⚔️
Cuchulain’s myth told with Rosemary Sutcliff’s skillful realism.
#TheHoundOfUlster
“A hero’s strength is not in his sword but in his soul.” 🐺⚔️
Cuchulain’s myth told with Rosemary Sutcliff’s skillful realism.
#TheHoundOfUlster
On re-reading the Carnegie Medal-winning [1959] #TheLanternBearers by the great Rosemary Sutcliff ….
I recently reread The Lantern Bearers for the umpteenth time. The scene between Aquila and Ness when her people and his are breaking their alliance can still make me cry. 1/5
🎄 Dec 3 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“We are the Lantern Bearers, carrying what light we can forward into the darkness.” 🕯️🌌
As Roman Britain falls, one man keeps faith with both his Roman heritage and his British homeland.
#TheLanternBearers
“We are the Lantern Bearers, carrying what light we can forward into the darkness.” 🕯️🌌
As Roman Britain falls, one man keeps faith with both his Roman heritage and his British homeland.
#TheLanternBearers
December 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
On re-reading the Carnegie Medal-winning [1959] #TheLanternBearers by the great Rosemary Sutcliff ….
🎄 Dec 11 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells, but something in the hearts of men.” 🛡️🏔️
Set in Viking-age Cumberland, a tale of resistance and cultural survival against overwhelming odds.
#TheShieldRing
“That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells, but something in the hearts of men.” 🛡️🏔️
Set in Viking-age Cumberland, a tale of resistance and cultural survival against overwhelming odds.
#TheShieldRing
December 11, 2024 at 10:25 AM
🎄 Dec 11 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells, but something in the hearts of men.” 🛡️🏔️
Set in Viking-age Cumberland, a tale of resistance and cultural survival against overwhelming odds.
#TheShieldRing
“That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells, but something in the hearts of men.” 🛡️🏔️
Set in Viking-age Cumberland, a tale of resistance and cultural survival against overwhelming odds.
#TheShieldRing
Kennings or kenning-like phrases made by the eminent writer of historical fiction Rosemary Sutcliff include:
Sun-burned men—#TheEagleOfTheNinth;
Sword-bearer—#SwordAtSunset;
Shield-wall—#TheShieldRing; Bone-house—#BeowulfDragonSlayer
Wolf’s-head —#TheMarkOfTheHorseLord
Sun-burned men—#TheEagleOfTheNinth;
Sword-bearer—#SwordAtSunset;
Shield-wall—#TheShieldRing; Bone-house—#BeowulfDragonSlayer
Wolf’s-head —#TheMarkOfTheHorseLord
December 8, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Kennings or kenning-like phrases made by the eminent writer of historical fiction Rosemary Sutcliff include:
Sun-burned men—#TheEagleOfTheNinth;
Sword-bearer—#SwordAtSunset;
Shield-wall—#TheShieldRing; Bone-house—#BeowulfDragonSlayer
Wolf’s-head —#TheMarkOfTheHorseLord
Sun-burned men—#TheEagleOfTheNinth;
Sword-bearer—#SwordAtSunset;
Shield-wall—#TheShieldRing; Bone-house—#BeowulfDragonSlayer
Wolf’s-head —#TheMarkOfTheHorseLord
🎄 Dec 7 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“Sometimes survival itself is an act of courage.” 🐕🍂
In the ruins of Roman Britain, in Dawn Wind, a boy and his dog face a changing world. A haunting tale of endurance and resilience.
#DawnWind #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
“Sometimes survival itself is an act of courage.” 🐕🍂
In the ruins of Roman Britain, in Dawn Wind, a boy and his dog face a changing world. A haunting tale of endurance and resilience.
#DawnWind #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
December 7, 2024 at 8:42 AM
🎄 Dec 7 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“Sometimes survival itself is an act of courage.” 🐕🍂
In the ruins of Roman Britain, in Dawn Wind, a boy and his dog face a changing world. A haunting tale of endurance and resilience.
#DawnWind #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
“Sometimes survival itself is an act of courage.” 🐕🍂
In the ruins of Roman Britain, in Dawn Wind, a boy and his dog face a changing world. A haunting tale of endurance and resilience.
#DawnWind #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
🎄 Dec 6 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“A man can only be himself when the mask is torn away.” 🐎👑
Set in Iron Age Scotland, a slave becomes a king—but at what cost? Rosemary Sutcliff explores identity and sacrifice in a fine story.
#TheMarkOfTheHorseLord
“A man can only be himself when the mask is torn away.” 🐎👑
Set in Iron Age Scotland, a slave becomes a king—but at what cost? Rosemary Sutcliff explores identity and sacrifice in a fine story.
#TheMarkOfTheHorseLord
December 6, 2024 at 7:53 PM
🎄 Dec 6 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“A man can only be himself when the mask is torn away.” 🐎👑
Set in Iron Age Scotland, a slave becomes a king—but at what cost? Rosemary Sutcliff explores identity and sacrifice in a fine story.
#TheMarkOfTheHorseLord
“A man can only be himself when the mask is torn away.” 🐎👑
Set in Iron Age Scotland, a slave becomes a king—but at what cost? Rosemary Sutcliff explores identity and sacrifice in a fine story.
#TheMarkOfTheHorseLord
🎄 Dec 5 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“A man belongs where he is loved.” 🌳🏛️
In her historical fiction #kislit Outcast, rejected by both Romans & Britons, Beric searches out where & how to belong in a divided Britain. A story of identity and acceptance.
#Outcast
“A man belongs where he is loved.” 🌳🏛️
In her historical fiction #kislit Outcast, rejected by both Romans & Britons, Beric searches out where & how to belong in a divided Britain. A story of identity and acceptance.
#Outcast
December 6, 2024 at 7:50 PM
🎄 Dec 5 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“A man belongs where he is loved.” 🌳🏛️
In her historical fiction #kislit Outcast, rejected by both Romans & Britons, Beric searches out where & how to belong in a divided Britain. A story of identity and acceptance.
#Outcast
“A man belongs where he is loved.” 🌳🏛️
In her historical fiction #kislit Outcast, rejected by both Romans & Britons, Beric searches out where & how to belong in a divided Britain. A story of identity and acceptance.
#Outcast
🎄 Dec 4 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“There is no death, only a change of worlds.” 🐴⚔️
Rosemary Sutcliff’s best-seller re-imagines Arthur as a Romano-British war leader. A sweeping tale of the fight to preserve civilisation.
#SwordAtSunset #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
“There is no death, only a change of worlds.” 🐴⚔️
Rosemary Sutcliff’s best-seller re-imagines Arthur as a Romano-British war leader. A sweeping tale of the fight to preserve civilisation.
#SwordAtSunset #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
December 6, 2024 at 7:49 PM
🎄 Dec 4 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“There is no death, only a change of worlds.” 🐴⚔️
Rosemary Sutcliff’s best-seller re-imagines Arthur as a Romano-British war leader. A sweeping tale of the fight to preserve civilisation.
#SwordAtSunset #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
“There is no death, only a change of worlds.” 🐴⚔️
Rosemary Sutcliff’s best-seller re-imagines Arthur as a Romano-British war leader. A sweeping tale of the fight to preserve civilisation.
#SwordAtSunset #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
“I am Cadwan of the Harp. I am the Singer of Songs & the Teller of Tales. There are, there were, many harpers among the Iceni; but I am Harper to the Queen herself; to the Lady Boudicca …”
First line of Rosemary Sutcliff's Song for a Dark Queen- reimagining the story of Boudica
#historicalfiction
First line of Rosemary Sutcliff's Song for a Dark Queen- reimagining the story of Boudica
#historicalfiction
December 3, 2024 at 1:06 PM
“I am Cadwan of the Harp. I am the Singer of Songs & the Teller of Tales. There are, there were, many harpers among the Iceni; but I am Harper to the Queen herself; to the Lady Boudicca …”
First line of Rosemary Sutcliff's Song for a Dark Queen- reimagining the story of Boudica
#historicalfiction
First line of Rosemary Sutcliff's Song for a Dark Queen- reimagining the story of Boudica
#historicalfiction
🎄 Dec 3 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“We are the Lantern Bearers, carrying what light we can forward into the darkness.” 🕯️🌌
As Roman Britain falls, one man keeps faith with both his Roman heritage and his British homeland.
#TheLanternBearers
“We are the Lantern Bearers, carrying what light we can forward into the darkness.” 🕯️🌌
As Roman Britain falls, one man keeps faith with both his Roman heritage and his British homeland.
#TheLanternBearers
December 3, 2024 at 12:35 PM
🎄 Dec 3 | #RosemarySutcliffAdventCalendar2024
“We are the Lantern Bearers, carrying what light we can forward into the darkness.” 🕯️🌌
As Roman Britain falls, one man keeps faith with both his Roman heritage and his British homeland.
#TheLanternBearers
“We are the Lantern Bearers, carrying what light we can forward into the darkness.” 🕯️🌌
As Roman Britain falls, one man keeps faith with both his Roman heritage and his British homeland.
#TheLanternBearers
Childhood Illness & consequent severe disability shaped writer Rosemary Sutcliff.
Juvenile arthritis (Stills disease) left her physically disabled, often confined to bed. This experience gave her a deep empathy for her characters’ struggles, and a keen understanding of pain and perseverance.
Juvenile arthritis (Stills disease) left her physically disabled, often confined to bed. This experience gave her a deep empathy for her characters’ struggles, and a keen understanding of pain and perseverance.
November 28, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Childhood Illness & consequent severe disability shaped writer Rosemary Sutcliff.
Juvenile arthritis (Stills disease) left her physically disabled, often confined to bed. This experience gave her a deep empathy for her characters’ struggles, and a keen understanding of pain and perseverance.
Juvenile arthritis (Stills disease) left her physically disabled, often confined to bed. This experience gave her a deep empathy for her characters’ struggles, and a keen understanding of pain and perseverance.
‘Enshittification’ denots a process at work in our 2024 world. (cf the other place …) But it’s ugly (tho’ a virtue for the word for an ugly process?).
I’ve been inventing alternatives. Any good? Your ideas?
*muskification
*elonisation
*planned elonescence
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
I’ve been inventing alternatives. Any good? Your ideas?
*muskification
*elonisation
*planned elonescence
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
November 26, 2024 at 9:54 AM
‘Enshittification’ denots a process at work in our 2024 world. (cf the other place …) But it’s ugly (tho’ a virtue for the word for an ugly process?).
I’ve been inventing alternatives. Any good? Your ideas?
*muskification
*elonisation
*planned elonescence
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
I’ve been inventing alternatives. Any good? Your ideas?
*muskification
*elonisation
*planned elonescence
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
The ‘temptation”,Rosemary Sutcliff once said: “is to try & use everything you’ve found out in…research. That can be fatal, because you…only need to use about a tenth. It’s…like an iceberg…It has to be there, because it gives you the freedom of the period. But you don’t use it.”
#writing
#writing
November 25, 2024 at 3:27 PM
The ‘temptation”,Rosemary Sutcliff once said: “is to try & use everything you’ve found out in…research. That can be fatal, because you…only need to use about a tenth. It’s…like an iceberg…It has to be there, because it gives you the freedom of the period. But you don’t use it.”
#writing
#writing
Rosemary Sutcliff’s 7/55 stories of #kidlit & #histfic was Outcast (1955)—In Roman Britain, Beric, the red-haired only survivor of a Roman shipwreck is raised by Britons, to face the dangers of two worlds
#Outcast
#historicalfiction #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
#RosemarySutcliffsBooksInYearOrder
#Outcast
#historicalfiction #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
#RosemarySutcliffsBooksInYearOrder
November 25, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Rosemary Sutcliff’s 7/55 stories of #kidlit & #histfic was Outcast (1955)—In Roman Britain, Beric, the red-haired only survivor of a Roman shipwreck is raised by Britons, to face the dangers of two worlds
#Outcast
#historicalfiction #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
#RosemarySutcliffsBooksInYearOrder
#Outcast
#historicalfiction #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
#RosemarySutcliffsBooksInYearOrder
#TheArmourersHouse is out
#SunHorseMoonHorse is on the way.
Thank you @manderleypress.bsky.social and Isabel Greenberg
So much enthusiasm for encouraging #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
#SunHorseMoonHorse is on the way.
Thank you @manderleypress.bsky.social and Isabel Greenberg
So much enthusiasm for encouraging #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
We commissioned the acclaimed graphic novelist Isabel Greenberg to illustrate both of our Rosemary Sutcliff titles. The result is this matching pair of historical novels for kids, linking Tudor London to Iron Age Oxfordshire #BookSky #kidsbooks 💙📚
November 24, 2024 at 8:27 AM
#TheArmourersHouse is out
#SunHorseMoonHorse is on the way.
Thank you @manderleypress.bsky.social and Isabel Greenberg
So much enthusiasm for encouraging #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
#SunHorseMoonHorse is on the way.
Thank you @manderleypress.bsky.social and Isabel Greenberg
So much enthusiasm for encouraging #ReadingRosemarySutcliff
Loving #TheEagleOfTheNinth....a nerdy 13 Yr old!
Oh, how I loved this book, reading it as a nerdy 13yo learning Latin. 😁
I bought this and many other paperbacks with my pay-packets for delivering the Galway Advertiser (1/2p per paper)
Their desk was in the back of O’Gorman’s bookshop, and I rarely made it out the door with more than bus fare. 😏
I bought this and many other paperbacks with my pay-packets for delivering the Galway Advertiser (1/2p per paper)
Their desk was in the back of O’Gorman’s bookshop, and I rarely made it out the door with more than bus fare. 😏
Rosemary Sutcliff’s 6/55 books of historical fiction & children's literature was her best-selling The Eagle of the Ninth (1954)—In 2nd century Roman Britain, Marcus searches beyond Hadrian's Wall for the lost Eagle of his father's legion.
#TheEagleOfTheNinth
#RosemarySutcliffsBooksInYearOrder
#TheEagleOfTheNinth
#RosemarySutcliffsBooksInYearOrder
November 23, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Loving #TheEagleOfTheNinth....a nerdy 13 Yr old!
Rosemary Sutcliff’s books in alphabetical order 🧵👇
A Circlet of Oak Leaves (1968) #ACircletOfOakLeaves
A Little Dog Like You (1987) #ALittleDogLikeYou
A Saxon Settler (1965) #ASaxonSettler
Beowulf (1961) #Beowulf
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad (1993) #BlackShipsBeforeTroy
A Circlet of Oak Leaves (1968) #ACircletOfOakLeaves
A Little Dog Like You (1987) #ALittleDogLikeYou
A Saxon Settler (1965) #ASaxonSettler
Beowulf (1961) #Beowulf
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad (1993) #BlackShipsBeforeTroy
November 23, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Rosemary Sutcliff’s books in alphabetical order 🧵👇
A Circlet of Oak Leaves (1968) #ACircletOfOakLeaves
A Little Dog Like You (1987) #ALittleDogLikeYou
A Saxon Settler (1965) #ASaxonSettler
Beowulf (1961) #Beowulf
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad (1993) #BlackShipsBeforeTroy
A Circlet of Oak Leaves (1968) #ACircletOfOakLeaves
A Little Dog Like You (1987) #ALittleDogLikeYou
A Saxon Settler (1965) #ASaxonSettler
Beowulf (1961) #Beowulf
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad (1993) #BlackShipsBeforeTroy
The eminent writer of historical fiction and children’s literature Rosemary Sutcliff re-imagined history of many periods, including Roman Britain, and re-told legends of Ireland,Wales and England.
For #ReadingRosemarySutcliff over 55 separate titles …of which some covers👇…
See RosemarySutcliff.net
For #ReadingRosemarySutcliff over 55 separate titles …of which some covers👇…
See RosemarySutcliff.net
November 23, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The eminent writer of historical fiction and children’s literature Rosemary Sutcliff re-imagined history of many periods, including Roman Britain, and re-told legends of Ireland,Wales and England.
For #ReadingRosemarySutcliff over 55 separate titles …of which some covers👇…
See RosemarySutcliff.net
For #ReadingRosemarySutcliff over 55 separate titles …of which some covers👇…
See RosemarySutcliff.net