The Eagle Of The Ninth
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the mist-shrouded wilds of Roman Britain, a young centurion named Marcus Flavius Aquila embarks on a perilous quest to recover the lost eagle standard of his father's vanished legion — the Ninth — last seen marching north into the unconquered territories beyond Hadrian's Wall, never to return. Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth is a masterwork of historical fiction, reconstructing the fog of Roman-occupied Britain with extraordinary precision and visceral authenticity, weaving a gripping narrative of loyalty, honour, and identity through a landscape both brutal and breathtaking. Marcus, discharged from service after a crippling wound, sets out into the savage Caledonian wilderness accompanied only by his freed slave and unlikely companion, Esca, in a mission that is as much an internal reckoning as it is a military adventure. Sutcliff's prose is spare yet deeply evocative, commanding the ancient world to rise from the page with the authority of an archaeologist and the soul of a poet. The novel boldly interrogates the tensions between empire and indigenous culture, conqueror and conquered, making it a richly layered work that resonates far beyond its Roman setting. First published in 1954 and illustrated by C. Walter Hodges, The Eagle of the Ninth remains one of the most celebrated works of British children's and young adult literature — a story that asks what it truly means to belong, to serve, and to find one's own honour in a world defined by the standards of others.
Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Format: Paperback
Published: 1954, Oxford University Press
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the mist-shrouded wilds of Roman Britain, a young centurion named Marcus Flavius Aquila embarks on a perilous quest to recover the lost eagle standard of his father's vanished legion — the Ninth — last seen marching north into the unconquered territories beyond Hadrian's Wall, never to return. Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth is a masterwork of historical fiction, reconstructing the fog of Roman-occupied Britain with extraordinary precision and visceral authenticity, weaving a gripping narrative of loyalty, honour, and identity through a landscape both brutal and breathtaking. Marcus, discharged from service after a crippling wound, sets out into the savage Caledonian wilderness accompanied only by his freed slave and unlikely companion, Esca, in a mission that is as much an internal reckoning as it is a military adventure. Sutcliff's prose is spare yet deeply evocative, commanding the ancient world to rise from the page with the authority of an archaeologist and the soul of a poet. The novel boldly interrogates the tensions between empire and indigenous culture, conqueror and conquered, making it a richly layered work that resonates far beyond its Roman setting. First published in 1954 and illustrated by C. Walter Hodges, The Eagle of the Ninth remains one of the most celebrated works of British children's and young adult literature — a story that asks what it truly means to belong, to serve, and to find one's own honour in a world defined by the standards of others.