A blog for the historical novelist Rosemary Sutcliff, born 14th December 1920, died 23rd July 1992. Amongst her most popular books are: The Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers, and Sword at Sunset. This blog is run by Sandra Garside-Neville and Sarah Cuthbertson. Please feel free to contribute via the comments boxes, or email us at sgnuk@yahoo.co.uk
30 May 2012
Sword at Sunset to be republished - further information
This is a scan from the publisher's catalogue. For some reason, they spell Rosemary's surname with an e at the end, just once! Anyway, the book's to be republished in December, which is when her birthday was, so is very apt :)
29 May 2012
Desert Island Discs
In 1983 Rosemary Sutcliff was on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. People choose their eight favourite pieces of music and are interviewed, in this case by Roy Plomley. Search the database here and find the recording, which is downloaded in MP3 format
18 May 2012
Sword at Sunset - to be republished!
Sarah Cuthberston, who keeps a keen eye on online historical fiction publisher's catalogues, has come across the exciting news that Sword at Sunset, Sutcliff's version of the King Arthur legend, is to be republished in hardback by Atlantic Books at the end of this year. A PDF of the catalogue can be found here, scroll down to page 37.
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