Eagle's Honour (10 page)
Authors: Rosemary Sutcliff
‘We heard about that, too,’ she said, soft with laughter. And then she suddenly turned grave, and held me off at arms’ length, and stood looking at me. ‘I do not believe that your great strong Roman Legions that march about in straight lines and build square forts would ever choose their Centurions just for making jokes at the right moment,’ she said. ‘But anyhow, I am thinking that people who make bad jokes at the
right moment are maybe much easier to be married to, than heroes.’
Within a year, Agricola had been recalled to Rome, and the whole Fourteenth Legion had been pulled out from Britain to strengthen the German Frontier. That meant that Inchtuthil and all the Northern forts had to be abandoned; and almost the whole campaign was wasted. But that’s the way it is with armies on the frontiers and governments at home….
Well, there you are. At any rate it got me my first Century, and you younglings a British grandmother.
Throw another log on the fire.
About the Author
Rosemary Sutcliff was born in 1920 in West Clanden, Surrey. With over 40 books to her credit, Rosemary Sutcliff is now universally considered one of the finest writers of historical novels for children. Her first novel,
The Queen Elizabeth Story
was published in 1950. In 1972 her book
Tristan and Iseult
was runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. In 1974 she was highly commended for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and in 1978 her book,
Song for a Dark Queen
was commended for the Other Award.
Rosemary lived for a long time in Arundel, Sussex with her dogs and in 1975, she was awarded the OBE for services to Children’s Literature. Unfortunately Rosemary passed away in July 1992 and will be much missed by her many fans.
EAGLE’S HONOUR
AN RHCP DIGITAL EBOOK 978 1 446 43058 3
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A Circlet of Oak Leaves
First published in Great Britain by
Macmillan and Company Limited, 1965
Copyright © Text Anthony Lawton 1965, 1968
Copyright © Illustrations Victor Ambrus 1968
Eagle’s Egg
First published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton Children’s Books, 1981
Copyright © Text Anthony Lawton 1981
Copyright © Illustrations Victor Ambrus 1981
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