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In Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers Prince Ambrosius Aurelianus of Arfon drives out the Saxons by training his British army with Roman techniques and making effective use of cavalry.
In Rosemary Sutcliff's 1965 novel The Mark of the Horse Lord the Dal Riada undergo an internal struggle for control of royal succession, and an external conflict to defend their frontiers against the Caledones.
In Rosemary Sutcliff's historical adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth ( 1954 ), a young Roman officer searches to recover the lost Roman eagle standard of his father's legion in the northern part of Great Britain.
Rosemary Sutcliff's 1976 historical fiction novel Blood Feud depicts Basil II from the point of view of a member of his recently created Varangian Guard.
In Rosemary Sutcliff's 1977 historical novel Sun Horse, Moon Horse, the main character accepts a duty as a sacrificial king and lays down his life for the redemption of his people, while inaugurating the creation of the Uffington White Horse.
Modern novels which retell Cú Chulainn's story include Rosemary Sutcliff's 1963 children's novel The Hound of Ulster and Morgan Llywelyn's 1989 historical novel Red Branch, The legends of Cú Chulainn also appear occasionally in Frank McCourt's bestselling 1996 memoir Angela's Ashes.
* Rosemary Sutcliff's book Sun Horse, Moon Horse, a book for children, tells the story of the creator of the figure.
A wingless Roman eagle discovered in excavations at the basilica in 1866 was part of the inspiration for Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth.
Rosemary Sutcliff's portrayal of ' Medraut ' in Sword at Sunset is fatalistic but fairly ambiguous, showing him as a product of his mother's hate, inexorably compelled towards his doom.
Ireton is portrayed as a minor character in Rosemary Sutcliff's 1953 historical fiction novel Simon.
The battle and its significance in contemporary English history is depicted in Rosemary Sutcliff's 1960 historical fiction novel Knight's Fee.
In Rosemary Sutcliff's 1965 novel The Mark of the Horse Lord the Dal Riada undergo an internal struggle for control of royal succession, with Dun Monaidh central to the conflict, including a depiction of royal coronation and use of carved footprint.
Rosemary Sutcliff's 1955 historical novel Outcast depicts Roman efforts to build the Rhee Wall and reclaim land from the sea.
Many of Rosemary Sutcliff's novels are recognized as being directly influenced by Frazer, depicting individuals accepting the burden of leadership and the ultimate responsibility of personal sacrifice, including Sword at Sunset, The Mark of the Horse Lord, and Sun Horse, Moon Horse.
* Claverhouse is the subject of Rosemary Sutcliff's 1983 young adult novel, " Bonnie Dundee ".
In Rosemary Sutcliff's novel The Eagle of the Ninth, while the characters Marcus and Esca are traveling through Valentia in search of the lost Eagle of the Ninth Legion, they spend a night in the fort, and it is described in this context.
Rosemary Sutcliff's 1965 novel The Mark of the Horse Lord is set in Earra Gael, i. e. the Coast of the Gael, wherein the Dal Riada undergo an internal struggle for control of royal succession, and an external conflict to defend their frontiers against the Caledones.
The Ironsides are featured in Rosemary Sutcliff's 1953 historical fiction novel Simon, and are portrayed as being very professional soldiers with strong puritan religious tendencies.
The market is depicted during Tudor times in Rosemary Sutcliff's 1951 children's historical novel The Armourer's House.
* Viroconium in its latter days is featured in Rosemary Sutcliff's 1961 historical novel Dawn Wind, part of her Roman-Britain series following the descendants of the lead character from Eagle of the Ninth.
Rosemary Sutcliff's YA novel " Shield Ring " ( pub.
Rowland pointed out that several Arthurian novels are set in the Dark Ages, like Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset and Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy ( The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, and the Last Enchantment ).
In Rosemary Sutcliff's 1965 novel The Mark of the Horse Lord the Dal Riata undergo an internal struggle for control of royal succession, and an external conflict to defend their frontiers against the Caledones.
He first came to prominence with his illustrations of Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels for children, and he created more than twenty picture books.

Rosemary and 1976
# Lady Rosemary Alexandra Eliot ( 26 February 1919 – 20 April 1963 ) who was thrice married ; firstly 2 September 1939 Edward Christian Frederick Nutting ( 9 Sep 1917-k. a. Middle East Jan 1943 ), by whom she had one daughter Davina ( 1940 – 1976 ); m. 2nd 24 Feb 1945 ( annulled 1949 ) David Frederick Hew Dunn ( b. 1917 ); m. 3rd 22 Dec 1949 Ralph Alexander Rubens ( died 1995 ) by whom she had one daughter Alexandra ( b. 1950 ).
Tiger married Rosemary Catherine Otte in 1976 and had four children, including: Rebecca Sanda-Devi, Haŏ Shwe-Thaike, Jessica Ying Sita, and Hsŏ Kham-Serk.
Rosemary Sutcliff ( 1976 ), Blood Feud, book jacket by Keeping
* Rosemary L. Bray McNatt, 1976: former editor of The New York Times Book Review, author, and minister of the Fourth Universalist Society of New York.
In 1976 John and Rosemary Nicholson traced the tomb of the two 17th century royal gardeners and plant hunters John Tradescant father and son to the churchyard, and were inspired to create the Museum of Garden History.
In 1976 Rosemary Nicholson visited the site to see the tomb of John Tradescant and was shocked to discover the church boarded-up in readiness for its demolition.
* Joan Baez included a performance of " Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts " on her 1976 live album From Every Stage.
* Warrior Scarlet ( 1976 ) Rosemary Sutcliff

Rosemary and historical
Some modern authors such as Rosemary Sutcliff, Gillian Bradshaw, John M. Ford and Mary Stewart even give him Lancelot's traditional role as Guinevere's lover, Lancelot having been added to the cycle too late to seem historical.
He was the second of four children of Richard and Rosemary Martinez, who both worked as teachers and were members of the local historical society.
" She explains in an interview that she was particularly influenced by the historical fiction of Rosemary Sutcliff as well as the fantasies of Ursula K. Le Guin and Alan Garner, and that she loves the works of Austen.
The poem has also inspired a number of historical novels, including Men Went to Cattraeth ( 1969 ) by John James, The Shining Company ( 1990 ) by Rosemary Sutcliff and The Amber Treasure ( 2009 ) by Richard J Denning.
in 1953, and he illustrated a number of educational textbooks, but his breakthrough came in 1957 when he illustrated Rosemary Sutcliff's historical children's novel The Silver Branch, which he would later refer to as his " first book ".
The current concept has its roots in socialist and Marxist feminism ; Rosemary Hennessay and Chrys Ingraham, editors of Materialist Feminism: A Reader in Class, Difference, and Women ’ s Lives, describe material feminism as the " conjuncture of several discourses — historical materialism, Marxist and radical feminism, as well as postmodernist and psychoanalytic theories of meaning and subjectivity .”
The Eagle of the Ninth is a historical adventure novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1954.
* The Silver Branch is the name of a historical adventure novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1957.
It is also used in a number of Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels set in England after the Norman Invasion.

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