Title The lantern bearers / Rosemary Sutcliff

Published Harmondsworth : Puffin in association with Oxford University Press, 1981 ©1959

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MELB CRC	82J SUT-L		AVAILABLE

Description 272 pages : 1 map ; 19cm Summary Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes Analysis Children's stories in English, 1945- - Texts Notes Children's stories in English,. 1945- - Texts (BNB/PRECIS) Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1959 Carnegie Medal Winner Subject English fiction -- 20th century. SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100281 Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056728 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. ISBN 0140312226 (paperback)

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