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
Shining Company
January 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Shining Company
Yes I think it is. But Sutcliff no E.
January 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Yes I think it is. But Sutcliff no E.
Reposted by Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92)
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...
Maybe in sone London walk you pass the London Library? It was vital for Rosemary Sutcliff, borrowing books for her meticulous research. Because of her physical disability, she could not easily travel and anyway library research and special collections were rarely actively in a wheelchair
December 8, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Maybe in sone London walk you pass the London Library? It was vital for Rosemary Sutcliff, borrowing books for her meticulous research. Because of her physical disability, she could not easily travel and anyway library research and special collections were rarely actively in a wheelchair
… I was so fortunate to grow up not only with her books but with her — she was my godmother and first cousin (once removedl. Amongst other things she used to come to stay with us every Christmas….
December 8, 2024 at 3:16 PM
… I was so fortunate to grow up not only with her books but with her — she was my godmother and first cousin (once removedl. Amongst other things she used to come to stay with us every Christmas….
Charles Keeping
In 1958
Wonderful, isn’t it?
He did several other of her books with OUP
In 1958
Wonderful, isn’t it?
He did several other of her books with OUP
December 8, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Charles Keeping
In 1958
Wonderful, isn’t it?
He did several other of her books with OUP
In 1958
Wonderful, isn’t it?
He did several other of her books with OUP
PS When I was invited to a day of filming of The Eagle of the Ninth (as the Eagle), Channing Tatum, who starred as Marcus, told me that at school in the USA The Mark of the Horse Lord had been one of his favourite books! I’d have thought it a fine candidate for TV or film too?
#DawnWind
#DawnWind
December 7, 2024 at 8:42 AM
PS When I was invited to a day of filming of The Eagle of the Ninth (as the Eagle), Channing Tatum, who starred as Marcus, told me that at school in the USA The Mark of the Horse Lord had been one of his favourite books! I’d have thought it a fine candidate for TV or film too?
#DawnWind
#DawnWind