tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122564582024-03-07T19:05:22.460+00:00Rosemary Sutcliff: an appreciationA 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.ukSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128648348630457680noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-23361519571652623812022-11-18T16:48:00.001+00:002022-11-18T16:54:37.322+00:00Rosemary Sutcliff and Reimagining Roman Britain<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglv7StmJ0DTY02fTTH15AmXy3cRtNoximolWqX-ph0gjmR0AzyLrsF0wfIjZgp9_jNG01rip_T9plmvdpdzckdacOGMJej7lVfKiyX8guxwuj9K7snu_YXisUeEitpmWwQf7x-VlkHCgN02V7M7OjaYIAGAU3bVZcSwkk9aWITizc3yIuk9rE/s1892/youtube%20walsh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1892" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglv7StmJ0DTY02fTTH15AmXy3cRtNoximolWqX-ph0gjmR0AzyLrsF0wfIjZgp9_jNG01rip_T9plmvdpdzckdacOGMJej7lVfKiyX8guxwuj9K7snu_YXisUeEitpmWwQf7x-VlkHCgN02V7M7OjaYIAGAU3bVZcSwkk9aWITizc3yIuk9rE/s320/youtube%20walsh.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/people/profile/davidwalsh.html" target="_blank">Dr David Walsh</a> of Newcastle University has posted a long audio documentary on Rosemary Sutcliff. It's a great piece of work, and if you want to know more about Sutcliff's life and hear clips of her books, this is definitely a must-listen! <p></p><p>This version is on Youtube: </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/bJpQOYdWdD4" target="_blank">Rosemary Sutcliff by Dr David Walsh and guests</a> <br /></p>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-56913734382586241462017-12-16T13:19:00.000+00:002017-12-16T14:42:27.104+00:00Eagle of the Ninth soon appear on DVD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This blog is honoured to be chosen as a reviewer of the forthcoming DVD of the BBC's 1977 version of the <i>Eagle of the Ninth</i>. Both Sarah and Sandra will be posting reviews, and they're bound to come up with differing angles.<br />
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However, before that, this blog will be posting a series of stills from the production, and also details of a special offer from <a href="http://www.simplymedia.tv/dvd-catalogue/">Simply Media</a> (sellers of the DVD) so watch this space!<br />
<br />Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-69684759162638689522017-09-05T19:26:00.000+00:002017-09-05T19:26:27.443+00:00Eric Eller and the Aquila Family at the Green Man Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Read <a href="http://thegreenmanreview.com/gmr/bio/eric.html">Eric Eller</a>'s interesting consideration of the <a href="http://thegreenmanreview.com/gmr/book/book_sutcliff_romanbritain.html">Aquila Family</a> from the <i>Eagle of the Ninth</i> to<i> Dawn Wind</i>. He also reviews <i>Sword at Sunset</i> on <a href="http://thegreenmanreview.com/gmr/book/book_sutcliff_swordatsunset.html">another pag</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">e</a>.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-2143015335560966682017-07-31T15:07:00.000+00:002017-07-31T15:07:04.153+00:00Imagining the pagan past, Marion Gibson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Imagining the past: gods and goddesses in literature and history since the Dark Ages</i> by Marion Gibson, 2013, Routledge</div>
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This sounded like a title that should include Rosemary Sutcliff and it does! There is talk of Kipling and how Sutcliff is influenced by him in her writings. She appears in the <i>Something Old Something New </i>chapter, under the heading: <i>From Gog to Coventina: god and goddess in folklore, religion and fiction</i>. <i> </i><br />
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<i>'The Eagle of the Ninth</i> <i>(1954) uses the Romano-British period and its gods to negotiate contemporary issues of generational change, masculine friendship and difference ...' </i>pg 95<br />
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There is not a huge amount about Sutcliff, but it is likely that anyone interested in her books will find much to contemplate due to the exploration of the background of the pagan past <br />
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Excerpts of the Gibson's work can be found on <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QI5IOUMNKkgC&pg=PP3&lpg=PP3&dq=imagining+the+pagan+past&source=bl&ots=aLTM3cSonL&sig=WH_o2wtCDUHepDYZ9chyeXbgZWc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqqb2QmazVAhWNLlAKHdAGDfAQ6AEISTAI#v=onepage&q=imagining%20the%20pagan%20past&f=false">Google Books</a>. Contents include: <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">F</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">rom Geoffrey</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> of Monmouth to William Camden</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">P</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">agan deities from the</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> antiquaries to the Romantics</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">P</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">agan deities from the first Celtic Reviva</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">l to the mid twentieth century</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">H</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">eathen men and northern deities from the Middle
Ages to </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">the mid twentieth
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">Melting the ice gods</span> <span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></span></span></li>
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<br />Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-22690991841855615932017-07-29T14:35:00.000+00:002017-07-29T14:35:00.939+00:00Sword at Sunset play archive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-80100644859696117552017-07-28T14:11:00.003+00:002017-07-28T14:11:57.755+00:00Sutcliff on Pinterest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anthony Lawton is running a <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/aglawton/rosemary-sutcliff/">Pinterest page</a>. Some interesting book jacket shots and photos included. Beware: Pinterest will not let you view unless you have signed up to the serviceSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-50663584311729498432017-07-27T13:50:00.000+00:002017-07-27T13:51:01.587+00:00Eagle of the Ninth on You TubeAt the time of writing this blog, all six episodes of the BBC's 1977 version of <i>Eagle of the Ninth</i> are on YouTube!<br />
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Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-1123793278223702862014-03-17T17:45:00.000+00:002014-03-17T17:47:24.418+00:00Sword at Sunset: Dan Lentell of Edinburgh 49 reviews the play <br />
Dan Lentell obviously went to see the play on the same evening we went (26th February).<br />
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<i>' ... Sword at Sunset, based on the best-selling 1963 novel by
Rosemary Sutcliff, chronicles the career of Artos from his service as a
cavalry commander under his uncle, the British high king Ambrosius,
through to his donning of the imperial purple as a later-day Caesar.
Incorporating Artos’ seduction by his vengeful half-sister Ygerna; his
strategic marriage to Guenhumara; his friendships; his battles;
successes and failures, James Beagon’s adaptation would be a very tall
order for any company ...'</i><br />
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Now <a href="http://edinburgh49.org/2014/02/27/sword-at-sunset-bedlam-25-february-1-march-14/">read on</a>.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-41376924743185522622014-03-06T17:48:00.003+00:002017-07-28T13:57:19.438+00:00Sword at Sunset: the full play on Youtube!<div style="text-align: center;">
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This is a recording of the last night of Bedlam Theatre's production on 1st March 2014:<br />
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This YouTube link to the trailer was tweeted by <a href="http://rosemarysutcliff.com/">Anthony Lawton</a> when we (Sandra & Sarah) were both actually in Edinburgh to see the play:<br />
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We thoroughly recommend the production, but catch it while you can, as today (Friday 28th February) and Saturday (1st March) are the last two days you can see it. Go see! <br />
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<br />Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-24226532401311942102014-02-21T19:21:00.000+00:002014-02-21T19:21:00.560+00:00Sutcliff: Appreciation, July 29th 1992<div class="title" lang="en">
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IN THIS 350th anniversary year of the English Civil War no tribute to <b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b> (obituary, July 25) can be complete without mention of The Rider of the White Horse. <br />
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This is surely one of the finest historical novels ever written for adults, and one to re-read again and again with increasing pleasure.<br />
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Thomas Fairfax fought against his King for the highest motives, and as Lord General commanded the New Model Army at Naseby. The story is told with such conviction and skill that this surely was how Fairfax's contemporaries, among them Cromwell, saw the ``high flying hawk of the North." </div>
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Tickets are now on sale for the play adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliff's book! Tickets are available via the <a href="http://www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/shows/sword-at-sunset">Bedlam Theatre's website</a>.<br />
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Me and Sarah (plus husbands) will be attending the perfomance on Wednesday 26th February; if you're intending to go then too, please drop us a line if you want to meet up and enthuse about the play and Rosemary Sutcliff!Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-83982547431406076322014-02-17T16:16:00.000+00:002017-07-28T14:01:02.483+00:00Sword at Sunset - the Play - writer James Beagon interviewed<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">James Beagon </b>has
adapted Sutcliff’s 1963 adult novel for the stage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is to be performed between 25th February to 1st March 2014 at the Edinburgh University’s <a href="http://www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/">Bedlam Theatre</a>. He took time out from rehearsals to answer my
questions.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If you have never
read <i>Sword At Sunset</i> – WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!</b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Please tell us
something about your background</b></div>
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I was born in Oxford but moved to Stockport (Greater
Manchester, UK) at a young age. I'm currently in my fourth year of an Ancient and
Medieval History undergraduate degree at the <a href="http://www.ed.ac.uk/home">University of Edinburgh</a>.
graduating this summer.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What has particularly
lead up to theatre productions as opposed to fiction, or producing research
articles. Or are you somehow finding time to fit one or other of these in?!</b></div>
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I never did anything theatrical in my life bar nativity
plays at primary school until I came to university. I saw an opportunity in the
Fresher's Week booklet for something called <i>Fresher's Play</i> at
Bedlam Theatre, went along to see if I could write for it, ended up acting as well and
haven't looked back since. Before I started writing plays at university, my writing
tended to come out as short stories and prose fiction whilst I was at school
and sixth-form. I haven't done so much of that since the plays began but I do
hope to get back to it once I've graduated.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Are you a fan of
Rosemary Sutcliff’s novels? Did you read them as a child?</b></div>
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I am a very big fan. I read the <a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa060298.htm"><i>Eagle of the Ninth</i> <i>trilogy</i></a>
as a child many times and got introduced to<i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_at_Sunset">Sword at Sunset</a> </i>slightly later on.
I've also read <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rosemary-sutcliff/the-flowers-of-adonis/"><i>The Flowers of Adonis</i></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Wind"><i>Dawn Wind</i></a>. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you read much
historical fiction? If so, which current authors have caught your eye? </b></div>
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The other major historical fiction series I've read is <a href="http://www.romanmysteries.com/">TheRoman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence</a>. I acquired <i>The Thieves of Ostia</i> when I
was 11 and diligently ploughed through the next 16 books to the end of the series
without shame, even though I had supposedly outgrown them. Other than that, I
don't usually go out of my way to read historical fiction - the last time I did
was when reading <a href="http://www.historicalnovels.info/I-Claudius.html"><i>I, Claudius</i></a> and <a href="http://www.historicalnovels.info/Claudius-the-God.html"><i>Claudius the God</i></a>.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What books have you
read recently, fiction or non-fiction</b></div>
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The amount I read for pleasure (as opposed to research) has
definitely taken a hit since coming to university but I still endeavour to try.
The last book I read cover-to-cover was the biography of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Life_too_Short:_The_Tragedy_of_Robert_Enke">Robert Enke</a> over
Christmas. I'm currently taking tentative steps into the latest Terry Pratchett
book, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/27/raising-steam-terry-pratchett-review"><i>Raising Steam</i></a>.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tell us about the
Bedlam Theatre. How do students run a theatre?</b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLIOcIx7F98qja04-ohUChyphenhyphenZqK1R2N5M4IM0La9Zrc_4FNiZim2Dsin9gI7C3JW9AkzzyZ26y_c8-VMOLgjkkbaUpzr-6x5IK16Nu56YuXXO80fnR6wksn2p3u8WV4wMPBWPIpg/s1600/sat1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="682" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLIOcIx7F98qja04-ohUChyphenhyphenZqK1R2N5M4IM0La9Zrc_4FNiZim2Dsin9gI7C3JW9AkzzyZ26y_c8-VMOLgjkkbaUpzr-6x5IK16Nu56YuXXO80fnR6wksn2p3u8WV4wMPBWPIpg/s320/sat1.jpg" width="213" /></a>Sometimes I wonder myself, but we do manage it pretty well.
The<a href="http://xtspro.com/+/eutc/"> Edinburgh University Theatre Company </a>occupies Bedlam Theatre during
term-time, whilst also supplying two shows and the majority of the team for
when the building is a venue during the<a href="https://www.edfringe.com/"> Edinburgh Fringe Festival</a>. In being the
largest non-sports society at the university and also with owning a building, the
EUTC has to be more organised than the average society. A committee made up of
students essentially run the building during the year and the workload for them
can be quite intense. Even those outside the committee have a lot on their
plates; with a show going up every week during term-time, most people are
usually involved with at least one production most of the time. But the
society, despite its size, is very close and people are very willing to help
each other out at times of need. All of this work is unpaid, but we all
immensely enjoy what we do so it doesn't matter.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tell us about your
production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Imperator </i>(on at the
theatre in January)</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Imperator</i> happened
just two days ago as I write this. It was a play about the Emperor Nero, Otho
and Poppaea Sabina written in conjunction with my dissertation, based on my
readings of the ancient sources and trying to interpret a sense of character
and what might have actually happened between the lines of the often
anti-Neronian sources. The cast only had two weeks to rehearse with the script
due to the Christmas break, but everything went very well. We had a couple of
hiccups here and there but the audience response was very positive,
particularly from non-Classicists who were pleasantly surprised to find that
they understood everything that happened. Which is always a plus.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Have you been
involved in any other theatre productions?</b></div>
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Um, yes. A lot over the past four years, both during
term-time and the Edinburgh Fringe. I won't bore you by rattling off a list but
I've been involved in writing and directing several of my own original plays
(about 12/13 now, I think, if you include short pieces), including <i>Four Walls'
(****, Three Weeks) </i>just gone to the Edinburgh Fringe 2013. I've also acted
quite a lot as well, both with the EUTC and other companies, such as Charlotte
Productions and Relief Theatre. I also got to be an extra in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carmen </i>at the Edinburgh Playhouse
alongside a massive stallion last April. That was fun.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do you go to watch
plays - which ones?</b></div>
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Largely, everyone in the student theatre circles at
Edinburgh end up watching each other's plays. During the Fringe, I've usually
had a comp pass to one venue or more due to being part of a show and also
reviewing, so I tend to binge-watch Fringe shows in those venues on my days
off. Outside of that, professional theatre tickets look expensive and
intimidating but I've seen a few things whilst in Edinburgh. Productions of
<i>Fiddler on the Roof</i>, <i>Quiz Show</i> and <i>The Lieutenant of Inishmore</i> immediately come
to mind. My girlfriend also took me to see a production of<i> Swan Lake</i> somewhat
unwillingly. However, as my first experience of ballet, I enjoyed a lot more
than I thought I would.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Have you seen <i>Wolf
Hall</i> by Mantel at the RSC?</b></div>
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I haven't. I have read it though! That's another piece of
historical fiction I forgot to mention.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Did the film based on
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eagle of the Ninth</i> have anything to
do with your decision to do the play?</b></div>
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I actually haven't gotten around to watching <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/27/the-eagle-channing-tatum-review"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Eagle</i> </a>yet, initially because I
didn't realise it was actually <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Eagle
of the Ninth</i> because they changed the name for some reason and then because
some friends of mine hadn't particularly enjoyed it. But I've been looking
online and the reviews actually seem to be fairly decent, so I'll probably give
it a watch when I have some free time (which might not be for a while)</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OaI3YCbU_bY/UvpRHyFDXVI/AAAAAAAAA04/cUHxG4AcQxw/s1600/IMG_5783.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OaI3YCbU_bY/UvpRHyFDXVI/AAAAAAAAA04/cUHxG4AcQxw/s1600/IMG_5783.jpg" width="133" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What did you see in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sword at Sunset</i> that made you want to
adapt it for stage?</b></div>
I saw an opportunity to play with people's expectations of
King Arthur - of what they think they know. I also saw a challenge - bringing
to life a tale that would certainly make an engaging film with vast CGI battle
scenes but attempting to bring the true beauty of the book - the character
development - to the forefront of people's minds on the stage.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Why this version of
Arthur? There are many out there, and some of them focus on a 'real/authentic'
version of the story - why chose Sutcliff's?</b></div>
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Sutcliff's was a version that I had read and read again and
also one that I discovered that not as many people were aware of as I would
have thought. Therefore, I saw an opportunity to share this brilliant story
with people who might otherwise not pick up the book.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Did you need to get
permission from Sutcliff's estate to undertake this adaptation?</b></div>
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When I had the idea, I approached the rights holders back in
2012 who got in contact with the estate and we settled on a small rights
agreement for each performance. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What path through the
story have you chosen, and why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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The adaptation is, I think, largely faithful to the book.
The major story strand missing is that of Sutcliff 'Little Dark People'; the
biggest change that this resulted in is the reason for the early death of
Artos' child - Guenhumara blames it on the lingering effects of Ygerna's rape
of Artos rather than on the village of the 'Little Dark People'. Ygerna's role
is thus expanded; she appears to Artos as a vision quite more frequently than
she does in the book. That aside, the story plays out exactly as anyone who
read the book would expect it to. A fair few of Artos' trips to various lords
and princelings are left out to focus on the main story thread and Bedwyr's and
Gwalchmai's introductions are now one scene rather than two. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What compromises have
you had to make?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you had to change
the story in any way?</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sword at Sunset</i>
features horses; SO MANY HORSES. Horses are naturally quite difficult to get
onstage (Carmen's massive stallion not disproving this). Because of this, the
bits of battle scene are the companions on foot rather than horseback.
Similarly, Cabal the dog is always offstage even when characters are
interacting with him from a distance.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Have there been any
particular production problems to overcome?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, an important aspect in the book is cavalry and obviously
you can't have horses on stage - or can you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How are you doing the battles - onstage/offstage/reported?</b></div>
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As mentioned above, the battles are largely on foot. There
is a fair bit of onstage fighting, though not a gratuitous amount. Quite often,
we might see a small group of characters rush onstage mid-battle and
mid-conversation before rushing offstage to a different side of the battlefield
and being replaced by a new group. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Are you attempting to
mirror Sutcliff's language in the script? Have you used any of the dialogue
directly from the novel?</b></div>
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Absolutely. I've used quite a large amount of dialogue
directly from the novel; much more than I expected to. Sutcliff has a fantastic
command of dialogue and because the book is written from Artos' perspective,
the book has a natural dramatic/cinematic feel to it. In some cases, I've
adapted some of Sutcliff's description into new dialogue - her description of
Artos and Guenhumara having sex for the first time is now a monologue from
Ygerna's spectre mocking Artos. Other times, I've used original dialogue from
several different places in the book and changed the order somewhat when
several events are compressed into one scene or occasionally re-attributing it
to different speakers. Sutcliff's book is not a play however and thus I've
written a lot of bits linking the story together and filling in the gaps
between events. I've tried to mimic her style of speech wherever I can.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is there a narrator?
The book is written in first person, so does Artos address the audience?</b></div>
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There is no narrator. Artos has a brief soliloquy at the
beginning but he never directly addresses the audience.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D05nm4nIPQk/UvpRm_Y06cI/AAAAAAAAA1A/fmZza15_tZ0/s1600/IMG_5990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D05nm4nIPQk/UvpRm_Y06cI/AAAAAAAAA1A/fmZza15_tZ0/s1600/IMG_5990.jpg" width="133" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How did you cast the
play? Eg. were you looking for someone who looked like Sutcliff's Artos, or may
be someone who had a particular presence?</b></div>
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I rarely cast based on physical appearance for stage shows
as it's not quite as important as it is in screen productions. In fact, my
approach to casting involved opening up a lot of roles to women as well as men.
The characters are predominantly male but we have a fairly even male/female split
within the companions. Artos and Bedwyr were limited to men, whilst Guenhumara
and Ygerna were limited to women. But these aside, the deciding factor in
whether to cast someone in a part was their suitability to the role and ability
to act it well, not their gender.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Will you film the
production?</b></div>
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We're certainly hoping to. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Are you studying
drama? Are you aiming for a career in the theatre?</b></div>
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I'm not a drama student. My plans post-graduation do
possibly involve setting up my own small-scale amateur production arm in
Edinburgh to continue my theatrical endeavours. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What are you hoping
to do in the future? </b></div>
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My goal in life has always been to write. Whether this
culminates in writing for theatre, writing novels or writing in some other context
(journalism and media, perhaps) remains to be seen.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What are your
ambitions?</b></div>
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I can't deny that a bit of fame and money from successful
plays or other writing wouldn't be nice, as it's what I love to do. However,
the main motivation in doing these theatrical things, and perhaps even in life
in general, is to have fun and enjoy myself. I can't help but feel that if
you're not enjoying what you're doing, then you're either doing it wrong or
doing the wrong thing.</div>
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Many thanks to James Beagon for answering all my questions!<br />
<br />
Some <a href="http://historicalnovelsociety.org/adapting-rosemary-sutcliffs-sword-at-sunset-for-the-stage/">parts of this interview</a> were included in an article on the Historical Novel Society's web pages.<br />
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At the time of posting this blog, tickets for the play were not yet available on the <a href="http://www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/shows">Bedlam Theatre</a>'s website - keep checking! </div>
Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-78780699668428172642014-02-10T10:01:00.001+00:002017-07-28T13:56:43.286+00:00Sword at Sunset - the play, coming soon!<br />
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Coming soon to this blog will be an extended interview with James Beagon who has adapated<i> Sword At Sunset</i> for the stage at <a href="http://www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/">Bedlam Theatre </a>in Edinburgh. The play will debut in the last week of February. Meanwhile, here's part of the interview which the<a href="http://historicalnovelsociety.org/"> Historical Novel Society</a> kindly put on their website:<br />
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<a href="http://historicalnovelsociety.org/adapting-rosemary-sutcliffs-sword-at-sunset-for-the-stage/">http://historicalnovelsociety.org/adapting-rosemary-sutcliffs-sword-at-sunset-for-the-stage/</a>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-25846190293340437362014-02-05T16:47:00.002+00:002014-02-05T16:48:18.223+00:00The Lantern Bearers audio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>The Lantern Bearers</i> has been available as a CD audio for a while. The reader is Johanna Ward and you can listen to a short clip here (see <i>Play Sample</i> on the left of your screen):<br />
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<a href="http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/lantern-bearers/136978">http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/lantern-bearers/136978</a><br />
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Currently on Amazon UK the CDs can be picked up for as little as £10.40, plus £2.80 postage. Unfortunately UK residents aren't able to downloand the audio version anywhere - as far as I can tell. North American listeners are lucky to be able to do so, following the link above.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-1219366994321334382014-02-02T15:35:00.001+00:002014-02-02T15:45:01.715+00:00Website:Rosemary Sutcliff tropes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This blog looks at a website called <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage">TVtropes</a>, which also includes some novel authors, including Rosemary Sutcliff. <br />
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Here's what the contributors say about tropes and the website:<br />
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<i><a class="twikilink" href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Trope" title="Main/Trope">Tropes</a>
are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as
being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the
whole, tropes are not <a class="twikilink" href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cliche" title="Main/Cliche">clichés</a>.
The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite." In other words, dull
and uninteresting. We are not looking for dull and uninteresting
entries. We are here to recognize tropes and play with them, not to make
fun of them.
</i><br />
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Here's an example of an entry for Sutcliff: <br />
<ul>
<li> <i><a class="twikilink" href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AuthorCatchphrase" title="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AuthorCatchphrase">Author Catchphrase</a>: Lots, including the coinages "woodshore" (the edge of the woods) and "house-place" (pointless alliteration).</i><ul>
<li><i> The North "went up in flames" about once per book</i></li>
<li><i> "It is in my heart that" this is a long way to say "I think"</i></li>
<li><i> Leaf-buds are like green flame or smoke, fire is like a flower, white flowers are like curds, and sea-foam is like cream</i></li>
<li><i> "stirabout": <span style="color: black;"><a class="twikilink" href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland" title="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland">because "stew" is cliche</a></span></i></li>
<li><i> "wave-lift": also known as a hill, usually the Downs of southern England</i></li>
<li><i>
A Celtic woman invariably "carried herself like a queen". She may also
wear braids "as thick as a swordsman's wrist" and her love interest may
be able to "warm my hands at you". If she's really into him it's
probably a case of "whistle and I'll come to you my lad" (a line stolen
from <a class="twikilink" href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/RobertBurns" title="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/RobertBurns">Robert Burns</a>' poem.)</i></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><i>The green plover is always calling. Always. </i></li>
</ul>
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Is that a green plover on this blog's background?! Did we choose it unconsciously as a being a good design for a blog about Sutcliff? Further entries for Sutcliff can be found on TVtropes <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/RosemarySutcliff">here</a>.<br />
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</li>
</ul>
Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-70306212645968067132014-01-31T18:04:00.001+00:002014-02-02T15:45:20.107+00:00Two Worlds Meeting: Cultural Interaction and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth<br />
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Sarah found this on her travels in the Web: <i>Two Worlds Meeting: Cultural Interaction and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth</i> by Jessica Cobb is a thesis submitted to the University of Birmingham for an MPhil in 2012. It is online in PDF format and can be downloaded from <a href="http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/4113/1/Cobb13MPhil.pdf">here</a>. Happy reading!Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-8129548613374004422014-01-24T19:20:00.000+00:002014-01-24T19:28:53.983+00:00Sutcliff: Obituary July 25th 1992<div class="title" lang="en">
<b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b> - Obituary </div>
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Times, The (London, England)<br />
July 25, 1992</div>
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<b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b>, OBE, FRSL, historical novelist and author of many books for children, died on July 23 aged 71. She was born at West Clandon, Surrey, on December 14, 1920. <br />
IN THE decade following the second world war a generation of writers and illustrators came to the fore who brought new lustre to the making of children's books. <b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b> is among the greatest of these, despite, or perhaps because of, her concentration on a fairly narrow field of historical writing. Novels such as Simon, set in the Civil War, the Elizabethan Brother Dusty-Feet and the Bronze Age Warrior Scarlet were the result of meticulous research and designed to appeal to children and adults alike. She was particularly at home in the period when the Romans were leaving Britain to the depradations of the Saxons and the Vikings, the Sea Wolves, as she called them.<br />
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<b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b> was born into a naval family (her father, George Ernest <b>Sutcliff</b>, rose to become Commodore of Convoys during the war) but the itinerant childhood which this entailed was further complicated by early illness. At the age of two and a half she contracted Still's disease, and the unstoppable progress of this painful and debilitating form of juvenile arthritis necessarily dominated her growth to maturity. Over the years she travelled with her parents from dockyard town to dockyard town and, although she attended schools intermittently, much of her education took place at home or during spells in hospital.<br />
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These early years were recalled by her in her typically frank but witty memoir Blue Remembered Hills (1983) where she notes that ``the only subject I was any good at was art" which resulted in her going, at the age of 14, to the Bideford School of Art, where she took a full three-year course with considerable success. Her parents, however, dissuaded her from attempting large-scale painting, and after she had gained her diploma she began to develop a career as a miniature painter and was a lifelong member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters.<br />
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<b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b>'s mother whose presence was recognised by her daughter as being profoundly influential had also encouraged her to a love of reading, not least through her own devotion to story-telling and reading aloud. Kipling was a particular favourite and, during the war years, <b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b> began to turn her attention to writing as an even more tractable occupation than miniature painting. She experimented with a Kipling-esque epic called ``Wild Sunrise" which she later said, with a sigh of relief, ``sank without trace". Nevertheless, she persevered with further ideas for stories set in the past and eventually, at the request of the children's department of Oxford University Press, she prepared a manuscript of The Chronicles of Robin Hood which was published, alongside her first story, The Queen Elizabeth Story, in 1950.<br />
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There is little in these early works that was to suggest the breakthrough that came in 1953 with Simon, with its Civil War setting, and in 1954 with Eagle of the Ninth, a tale of the Romans in Britain, which was directly inspired by Puck of Pook's Hill. In these two books her gift for imagining herself back into an historical period came to maturity and revealed her ability to give graphic life to a past age and to recognise the constant dilemmas posed by the need to make responsible decisions. Families divide but conscience must be followed; loyalties exact hard penalties.<br />
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Eagle of the Ninth brought <b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b> nation-wide fame partly through a highly successful serialisation on BBC Radio's Children's Hour (She once heard a child making a sand-castle say ``I'm building a temple to Mithras"). More importantly though, it led her to a sequence of powerful novels in which she refined her skill at integrating the story of an individual into an intensely imagined historical setting. Several of these novels are linked through subtly suggested family connections, and the use of a ``dolphin ring" (eg The Silver Branch, 1957; The Lantern Bearers, 1959; and Dawn Wind, 1961) and these culminated in her Arthurian novel, published for adults, Sword at Sunset (1963).<br />
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Other stories stand to one side of this sequence, either through being set in a different period, such as The Shield Ring (1956) an heroic tale of Vikings defending their Lake District redoubt against the Normans, or through the psychological force of the story, as in what many regard as her masterpiece The Mark of the Horse Lord (1965). This book like several of its predecessors gained a further dimension through the strong and closely integrated illustrations of Charles Keeping.<br />
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<b>Rosemary</b> <b>Sutcliff</b> was from the first insistent upon the importance of research into facts and into past modes of thought as a foundation for her historical novels and this gave rise to her writing some evocative books of historical description, such as Houses and History (1960) and some versions of myth, such as Beowulf (1961). She also wrote several other novels for adults and a group of short, individually-published tales for young readers. Almost all this extensive output was distinguished by a vigour of writing and a detailed apprehension of the landscape of the past which showed her triumphant success in overcoming the crippling physical disabilities that had been with her since childhood. The perseverance, balance, and sanguine humour exhibited by many of her heroes were hers as well. She was an inspiring and most companionable spirit.<br />
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She did not believe in shielding children from sad or dreadful happenings but felt a responsibility to point out a path, a right way of doing things and a hope for the future, the triumph of civilisation against barbarism. Children, she believed, were capable of understanding intuitively rather than literally and would come back eventually to what they did not understand the first time.<br />
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The extent and depth of her research can be judged from the bibliography for The Lantern Bearers which lists 30 books with Sir Arthur Bryant and Sir Mortimer Wheeler rubbing shoulders with Gildas and Nennius and books on Jutland, Celtic Christianity and monasticism. Denied by her arthritic condition most domestic pleasures she worked constantly from mid-morning until nightfall on her writing, sometimes completing three books a year.<br />
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Miss Rosemary Sutcliff<br /><br />The Secretary of State for National Heritage was represented by Mr Vaughan Rees at a memorial service for Miss Rosemary Sutcliff held yesterday at St James's, Piccadilly. The Rev Ulla Monberg officiated. <br />
The Rev Peter Trafford and Mrs Sarah Palmer read the lessons, Ms Jill Black and Mr Anthony Lawton, godson and chairman, Sussex Dolphin, read from Miss <b>Sutcliff</b>'s works and Mr John Bell from the works of Kipling. Mr Murray Pollinger, principal, Murray Pollinger, and Mrs Penelope Lively gave addresses. </div>
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<i> <span class="storyTop ">Rosemary Sutcliff is most famed for<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle_of_the_Ninth"> Eagle of the Ninth</a>, but there was much more to her than that. In the 1950s,
historically-minded children found her books a magic carpet into the
past. I began with <a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Brother_Dusty_Feet.html?id=DvDr5po8FOAC&redir_esc=y">Brother Dustyfeet</a> (1952) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Armourer%27s_House">The Armourer's House </a>
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remained the backbone of my life ... </span></i><a href="http://Rosemary Sutcliff is most famed for Eagle of the Ninth, but there was much more to her than that. In the 1950s, historically-minded children found her books a magic carpet into the past. I began with Brother Dustyfeet (1952) and The Armourer's House (1951), and never looked back an insatiable interest in history has remained the backbone of my life. "><span class="storyTop ">continued here</span></a></div>
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Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-30474993792622600932014-01-03T17:06:00.003+00:002014-01-03T17:19:39.325+00:00Sword At Sunset - the stage play!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="http://www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/">Bedlam Theatre </a>in Edinburgh is going to be showing a stage adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliff's <i>Sword at Sunset </i>between 25th February - 1st March 2014. The blog editors (who both currently reside in the north east of England, so Edinburgh isn't that far away!) are hoping to go, and hopefully an article about the adaptation will appear here in due course.<br />
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Meanwhile, a little more information about the production. The production will be ran by students of the University of Edinburgh Theatre Company, and auditions for parts took place in early December 2013.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494152175000174745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-81661835744078761822012-05-30T14:34:00.003+00:002012-05-30T14:34:53.329+00:00Sword at Sunset to be republished - further information<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a scan from the publisher's catalogue. For some reason, they spell Rosemary's surname with an<b> e </b>at the end, just once! Anyway, the book's to be republished in December, which is when her birthday was, so is very apt :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-76034261987612353072012-05-29T15:54:00.001+00:002012-05-29T15:54:09.364+00:00Desert Island Discs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway" target="_blank">here</a> and find the recording, which is downloaded in MP3 formatUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-75208485841231089002012-05-18T19:10:00.002+00:002012-05-18T19:10:27.292+00:00Sword at Sunset - to be republished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sarah Cuthberston, who keeps a keen eye on online historical fiction publisher's catalogues, has come across the exciting news that <i>Sword at Sunset</i>, Sutcliff's version of the King Arthur legend, is to be republished in hardback by <a href="http://www.atlantic-books.co.uk/" target="_blank">Atlantic Books</a> at the end of this year. A PDF of the catalogue can be found <a href="http://www.atlantic-books.co.uk/about/catalogue/ATLCAT_12%20Final%20Lo%20Res%5B1%5D.pdf%20" target="_blank">here</a>, scroll down to page 37. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-36004496229789209912012-04-09T20:32:00.002+00:002014-01-03T17:21:51.163+00:00Rosemary Sutcliff: an appreciation<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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born in Surrey, feeling that the West Country was really her home. Her
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for painful remedial operations. As a very young girl, the arsenic in her
medicine caused her to have hallucinations; she saw a panther, wolves and
snakes despite not knowing what they were. However, years later, she was
to meet them in Kipling’s books. Another effect of illness was that she
spent much time sitting still looking, rather than moving around and
investigating. This meant that she developed an acute eye for observation.
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Sheerness Dockyard and North Devon. She had an uneasy relationship with
her mother, but admitted that “very few of the worthwhile things in this
world are all easy”. Her mother disciplined her rigorously, so that the
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years alternated between hospital and school. One of the hospitals had a
Guide pack; the only badge that Sutcliff won was the Artist’s Badge. In
the hospital library she found a book that proved to be the treasure of
her childhood. Called <i>Emily of New Moon,</i> it was a Canadian novel
that followed a girl’s adventures and her attempts to be a writer. When
she left hospital, she left the book behind, and then much later tried to
trace it, but did not recall the author. It was eventually found for her
in the 1970s by a Canadian friend who was doing a piece on the work of L.M.
Montgomery. The author of <i>Anne of Green Gables</i> had also written <i>
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fourteen, and went to Bideford Art School. She passed the City and Guilds
examination, and was advised to make the painting of miniatures her
profession. Now that she was considered an adult, any operations she had
took place in nursing homes. These she found very lonely, mostly having
the companionship of aged ladies when she really needed friends of her own
age. She was eighteen when the Second World War broke out. Her father went
to command convoys, while she and her mother stayed in Devon. Sutcliff had
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the itch” to write. She felt cramped by the small canvas of miniature
painting, and turned to writing to gain a larger vista. The first story
she could remember writing was <i>Wild Sunrise,</i> a story about a
British chieftain faced with the invasion of the Romans. In her
autobiography she stated that she was happy that the story is now lost, as
she felt that it was badly written, having too much of herself in it. She
did regret the loss of her next story, which was set in the 18th century.
It concerned a little girl sent to stay with her Great Aunt who befriends
an embittered young man. Some of its themes re-emerged in <i>The Eagle of
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after the end of the War, Sutcliff wrote a re-telling of Celtic and Saxon
legends which she showed to an old friend. He sent them to Oxford
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Rupert, who had been an RAF pilot. He was married, but showed clear
interest in Sutcliff. They spent the summer together, but in the autumn he
went to work in London. They corresponded throughout the winter, but when
he visited in the spring, Sutcliff had a sense of foreboding. It turned
out that Rupert had met another woman whom he eventually married when his
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had finished <i>The Chronicles of Robin Hood</i> and sent it to be typed
up. It took eighteen months for the manuscript to be returned to her,
during which time she had written <i>The Queen Elizabeth Story </i>and
sent it on to OUP. This book was a subject choice of her own, and she
found it a delight to write. It was accepted, and the two books were
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where <i>Blue Remembered Hills </i>finishes, but she stated that from 1950
onwards she kept a diary, and that she met Rupert again twenty years
later. This infers that producing another volume of autobiography was
perhaps on her mind. Her mother died during the 1960s, and Sutcliff and
her father moved to Sussex. Despite being increasingly disabled, she
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housekeeper and two small dogs (Talcroft 1995, 146). These dogs were
Chihuahuas. In 1984 when one of the dogs died, Sutcliff waited for a
decent time before getting another one to be a companion to the surviving
dog, Sebastian. She was waiting in the hope that the spirit of the dog
that had died would perhaps be reborn into another dog that she might own
in the future. This belief in reincarnation had been expressed elsewhere.
Sutcliff said that perhaps the reason authors are drawn to certain eras
was that they had experienced them in a previous life, so that they were
essentially writing about what was familiar (Fisher 1974, 89). When
someone said to her that she would perhaps be a soldier in another life,
in reference to Sutcliff's heroes often being warriors, she instantly
replied “No thank you, I had enough of soldiering”. It was as if it was
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completed the second draft of a novel (published in 1997 as <i>Sword Song</i>),
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Writing</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Methods</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Margaret Meek wrote about the process by
which Sutcliff started her novels (1962, 12). The idea for a story might
come from an external source, such as visiting a house and wondering what
the previous occupants might have been like when it was new, or perhaps
inspiration would come from something Sutcliff had read. Sometimes the
idea would come from the inside, completely out of the blue.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Sutcliff used large red notebooks to make
her research notes in. An encyclopaedia would be the first port of call,
which would in turn provide a reading list. This would be presented to the
local library, and when those books arrived they could be mined for the
bibliographies in the back, as well as the information in the main part of
the works. All the sifted information would find its way into the red
notebooks. Then Sutcliff would start to create a picture of the daily
life of the era her idea was set in. This was the most enjoyable part for
her. Not much of the plot would find its way into the notebooks, as
Sutcliff would make a draft outline of around two or three thousand words,
and then she would start to write. Ordinarily, she would write from mid
morning until nightfall.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Sutcliff tended to write the drafts of her
novels in longhand (Moss, 1992), producing three drafts plus a fair copy.
She often wrote 1,800 words per day in a small clear script on a single
folio sheet. Her pen was “fattened” and cushioned so that her arthritic
hand could guide it easily (Moss, 1992). The process of producing a whole
book would take a couple of months’ research, followed by around eight
months’ writing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Sutcliff wrote over fifty books (see the
list at the end of this article), some of which were translated into
fifteen languages. She also wrote plays for the radio and stage.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Finding a voice</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"><i>The Queen Elizabeth Story,</i>
Sutcliff’s second book, was primarily aimed at little girls. She
acknowledged that this and the next two or three books were a little too
cosy and too sweet (Sutcliff 1992, 169). However, she was aware that it
was her apprenticeship phase of writing. It was Sutcliff's fifth book, <i>
Simon</i>, published in 1953, that really showed what she could do, and
this was recognised by the critics (Talcroft, 1995, 3). The book is longer
and more complex than her previous works. Set during the English Civil
War, it is the story of Roundhead Simon and how his childhood friendship
with Cavalier Amias is wrecked by the war. According to Meek, it shows all
the traits that became fully developed in later books (1962, 32). However,
Simon is not handicapped in some way, or of a surly temperament, unlike
many of the characters Sutcliff wrote about later.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Continuity</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">The next year saw the publication of what
is probably Sutcliff’s most famous book – <i>The Eagle of the Ninth.</i>
The hero, Marcus Flavius Aquila, is invalided out of the Roman army and
seeks to find out what happened to the ill-fated Ninth Legion. This is the
first book to be set in the Roman period, and Marcus remained one of
Sutcliff’s favourite characters, although she was aware that many people
found him to be difficult and prickly. However, she justified this by
pointing out that he had undergone some awful experiences (Thompson, 1987,
13). This book also saw the first appearance of a device which provides
continuity between several books: a heavy signet ring which was set with a
flawed emerald bezel on which a dolphin was engraved. The ring also
appears in <i>The Silver Branch,</i> <i>Frontier Wolf</i>, <i>The Lantern
Bearers</i>, <i>Sword at Sunset</i>, <i>Dawn Wind,</i> <i>The Shield Ring
</i>and <i>Sword Song.</i> These linked books were written over a period
of over 35 years. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Evans-Gunther
points out that a virtual family tree of the Aquila family can be compiled
because the connections are so well illustrated (1993, 7). The line runs
clearly from Marcus Aquila in <i>Eagle of the Ninth</i> (129AD) to Owain
in <i>Dawn Wind</i> (6th century), with the ring appearing in the other
books though not obviously connected to Aquila’s descendants. Sutcliff
stated that she had a “ ... terrific thing about continuity” (Fisher
1974, 186), so it is likely to be a very deliberate strategy. As well as
the Dolphin ring, she set <i>The Knight’s Fee </i>(11th century) and <i>
Warrior Scarlet</i> (Prehistoric) in the same hills, and used a flint axe
in both stories to indicate the historical ties to that land (Fisher 1974,
186). </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Continuity is very much a Kipling
tradition; he acknowledges the settling of England by many peoples, and
the way they eventually learn together to create a new nationality (1962,
52). Also, Kipling emphasises the rite of passage from youth to
adulthood. Sutcliff was happy to admit her debt to Kipling, and wrote an
appreciation of him in 1960.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Kingship</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Throughout her childhood, Sutcliff was
steeped in the myths and legends read to her by her mother. Later, she
visited a local bookshop to read Fraser’s <i>The Golden Bough</i>, a huge
work that contained the ideas and background to sacred kingship and
primitive religion that were to surface in her novels in various forms.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Barbara
Talcroft’s important study of Sutcliff’s works with reference to this
aspect picks out three major elements in her writing: Goddess, Sacrificial
King and Maimed King. The relationship that a king has with the Goddess
provides him with his legitimacy as a rule. The Goddess can take many
forms and represent various aspects of life. For example, she can be a
maiden, a consort, or a hag, and these can be linked with the phases of
the moon: the crescent moon being the goddess of birth and growth, the
full moon the goddess of love and war, and the waning moon being
associated with the hag of divination and death (Talcroft 1995, 25).</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">The
sacrificial king has an obligation to sacrifice himself for the good of
his people and the land. The maimed king is a danger to his people as he
might cause the kingdom to become a wasteland.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">A novel
that contains all three of these in good measure is <i>Sword at Sunset,</i>
published in 1963. This novel is about King Arthur, or Artos as Sutcliff
called him. The goddess appears in Ygerna (Artos’ half sister with whom he
unwittingly commits incest), Guenhumara (whom he marries) and the Virgin
Mary (who is symbolised by a moon daisy which is worn by Artos and his
Companions as they go into battle).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">The
maimed king is Artos who fathers a child with his half sister. He sees
this as a great sin and becomes impotent. Though he does father a daughter
eventually, both his children are maimed in different ways. The daughter
is sickly and dies in circumstances that cause a further rift with
Guenhumara (so that he is effectively in discord with the goddess and the
land). His son, Medraut, is maimed in character, being twisted by hate
instilled by Ygerna, and seeks to undermine and destroy Artos.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Artos is
also the sacrificial king, dedicating himself to his people and land, and
eventually dying for them. However, the most obvious example of
sacrificial kingship in the book is Artos’ uncle, the High King Ambrosius.
In the book’s prequel, <i>The Lantern Bearers </i>(1959), the young
Ambrosius rejects marriage saying that “ ... To lead Britain is enough for
one man, with a whole heart and no ties”, which is his first sacrifice. In
<i>Sword at Sunset</i> he falls ill with cancer, and chooses to die
hunting, trying to kill a royal stag – both Ambrosius and the stag are
portrayed as sacrificial kings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Looking at Talcroft’s analysis (1995, 126),
it is clear that the kingship themes became most developed in the early
1960s, culminating in <i>Sword at Sunset</i> in 1963, and <i>The Mark of
the Horse Lord</i> in 1965. After this time, the themes are still present
in one form or another, but not so marked.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Sutcliff
always became deeply involved in her books, but <i>Sword at Sunset</i>
engaged her more heavily than any other book she wrote (Thompson, 1987,
13). It took some eighteen months to write, and absorbed her completely.
She would write from 6am one morning until 2am the following morning,
finding the process completely addictive. Usually writing in the third
person, Sutcliff found she had trouble with this book, and only became
satisfied with it when she wrote in the first person. It was the first
time she had done this, but it seemed the best and only way. After
finishing the book, it took her several weeks to get back into her own
skin, after thinking herself so completely into the character of Artos.</span><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Sword at Sunset</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> is
deservedly one of the most admired historical novels about King Arthur
(Thompson 1985, 47). Though some traditional aspects of the legend are
retained, Sutcliff discards those that she deems to be rather late
additions, so that, for example, Bedwyr takes the part later played by
Lancelot. Along with <i>The Lantern Bearers</i>, it is among some the
first attempts at an historical setting for King Arthur. Rather than a
just a Celtic setting, Sutcliff also fully acknowledges the strong role
that those who had adopted Roman culture (and would have called themselves
Roman) would have played in the fifth century. This is still a relatively
unusual viewpoint, and it has barely been explored in historical fiction
for this period since Sutcliff (Nastali 1999, 19). Combining as it does
primitive mythological elements, allied with solid archaeological
research, <i>Sword at Sunset</i> is a deeply satisfying book.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Dark and light</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">The theme of dark and light occurs in many
of Sutcliff’s novels. The subjects revolve around invaders of one kind or
another (the Roman advance in Britain in <i>The Eagle of the Ninth</i> or
the Saxon invasion of Britain in <i>Dawn Wind</i>). Individuals can
embody the light or dark as Artos and Medraut are light and dark in <i>
Sword at Sunset</i>, or have both aspects such as the greatly conflicted
Aquila in <i>The Lantern Bearers</i>. It is possible that this theme
emerges so strongly due to Sutcliff's experiences of living through the
Second World War. The outcome of the war, taken for granted now, was
uncertain then, and the threat of invasion greatly feared. It must have
seemed that that Britain was once again under the threat of having its
light extinguished.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Conclusion</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Sutcliff is considered mainly a children’s
author. However, many of her books have a wider appeal, addressing as
they do complex and elemental themes in an intricately woven and foreign
background. Sutcliff thought that her books were for children of all ages
from nine to ninety (Thompson 1987, 13).</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">That
Sutcliff is still an influential and well-respected historical novelist is
evident. Recently, Helen Hollick has made a deliberate nod toward Sutcliff
and her last book <i>Sword Song</i> where the hero has many ship-borne
adventures. In <i>Harold the King</i>, about the last Saxon king of
England, Hollick named the lead ship in the Saxon fleet patrolling the
English coast <i>Dolphin</i> as tribute to the linking emerald Dolphin
that appeared in so many of Sutcliff’s novels.</span></span></div>
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<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">In her 1960 monograph, Sutcliff laments
that Kipling has gone out of style (Talcroft 1995, 2). The same may now
perhaps be said of Sutcliff. Harrison, reviewing Hollick’s Arthurian novel
<i>The Shadow of the King </i>comments that Sutcliff’s <i>Sword at Sunset</i>
is: “... obviously now dated in many ways.” (Harrison 1998, 4). This is
in particular reference to Sutcliff’s “telling” rather than “showing”
style of writing, and Harrison herself finds the stories enthralling
(Harrison <i>pers comm</i>). Although the “telling” style of writing does
not detract in any way from the skill and beauty of Sutcliff’s prose,
modern readers are often more used to the story being shown to them.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">In the
case of the Arthurian period novels there are now new theories, and
stories that reflect them. Sutcliff’s Roman books for children are still
in print, but other categories have not fared so well. In particular, her
adult books are mostly out of print, with <i>Sword at Sunset </i>currently
only in print in the US by Tor Publishers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
Rosemary Sutcliff was primarily a
storyteller. She said that she belonged to the minstrelsy, and chose to
present her stories in the way that seemed right to her. In doing this, in
her own poetic and rich prose, she has given us books that are already
considered as classics and will be read for many years to come.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Acknowledgements</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Thanks to: Belinda Copson for commenting on the
bibliography; <a href="http://sarahsbookarama.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sarah Cuthbertson </a>for the loan of the Walck book on Rosemary
Sutcliff; <a href="http://sunjester.co.uk/about.html" target="_blank">Towse Harrison</a> for some useful perspectives; <a href="http://www.helenhollick.net/" target="_blank">Helen Hollick</a> for
information on <i>Harold the King</i>. Any errors or omissions are my own.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><b>
<span lang="EN-US">Awards given to Rosemary Sutcliff</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Carnegie Award, Library Association for <i>The Lantern
Bearers </i>1959</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Boston-Globe Horn Book Award, <i>Tristan and Iseult</i>
1972</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Hans Christian Andersen Award, Highly Commended 1974</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Order of the British Empire 1975</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Other Award, <i>Song for a Dark Queen</i> 1978</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Phoenix Children's Book Award, <i>The Mark of the Horse
Lord </i>1985</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Commander of the British Empire 1992</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bibliography and References</span></b></span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1992 “Obituary – Rosemary Sutcliff”, <i>The Times </i>
25 July </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Eccleshare J. 1992, “Obituary - Rosemary Sutcliff”, <i>
Independent </i>27 July</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Evans-Gunther C.W. 1993, “The Dark Age Novels of
Rosemary Sutcliff”, <i>Dragon</i> <i>Society Newsletter </i>Winter Vol <b>
4</b>, No 5, 4-10 [accessed on the web 10/4/12 at : <a href="http://blueremembered.blogspot.co.uk/2005/06/dark-age-novels-of-rosemary-sutcliff.html">http://blueremembered.blogspot.co.uk/2005/06/dark-age-novels-of-rosemary-sutcliff.html</a> ;</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Garside-Neville S. and Hunter-Mann K. 1985, “Rosemary
Sutcliff “ <i>Dragon</i> <i>Society Newsletter </i>Vol <b>2</b>, No 1</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Garside-Neville S. 1992, “Rosemary Sutcliff”, <i>
Dragon</i> <i>Society Newsletter </i>Autumn/Winter Vol <b>4</b>, No3/4,
3-5</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Harrison T. 1998, “The Shadow of the King” <i>The
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<span lang="EN-US">Hollick H. 1997, <i>The Shadow of the King</i>,
Heinemann</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hollick H. 2000, <i>Harold the King</i>, Heinemann</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lively P. 1992, “Obituary - Rosemary Sutcliff” <i>
Independent</i> 31 July</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Meek M. 1962, <i>Rosemary Sutcliff, </i>Walck Inc</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Moss E. 1992, “Chronicler of Occupied Britannia” <i>The
Guardian </i>27 July1992</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Nastali D. 1999, “Arthur Without fantasy: Dark Age
Britain in Recent Historical Fiction” <i>Arthuriana </i><b>9</b>.1 5-22</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sutcliff R. 1983, <i>Blue Remembered Hills: a
recollection</i> Bodley Head</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Sutcliff R. 1992, <i>Blue Remembered Hills: a
recollection </i>Farrar, Straus and Giroux</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Talcroft B.L. 1995, <i>Death of the Corn King: King and
Goddess in Rosemary Sutcliff's Historical Fiction for Young Adults </i>The
Scarecrow Press</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thompson R.H. 1985, <i>The Return From Avalon: a Study
of the Arthurian Legend in Modern Fiction </i>Greenwood Press</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Thompson R.H. 1987, “Interview with Rosemary Sutcliff”,
<i>Avalon to Camelot</i> Volume<b> II</b>, No 3, 11-14 [web version acessed 9/4/12 at:<a href="http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/sutcliff.htm" target="_blank"> http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/sutcliff.htm</a>]</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">Wintle J. and Fisher E. 1974, <i>The Pied Pipers:
Interviews with the Influential Creators of Children's Literature </i>
Paddington Press</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><b>
<span lang="EN-US">A bibliography of Rosemary Sutcliff's works</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1950 The Chronicles of Robin Hood</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1950 The Queen Elizabeth Story</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1951 The Armourer’s House</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1952 Brother Dusty-Feet</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1953 Simon </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1954 The Eagle of the Ninth</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1955 The Outcast</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1956 The Shield Ring</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1956 Lady in Waiting (adult)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1957 The Silver Branch</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1958 Warrior Scarlet</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1959 The Lantern Bearers</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1959 The Bridge Builders (originally a short story in
Another Six)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1959 The Rider of the White Horse
(adult)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1960 Houses and History (non-fiction)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1960 Rudyard Kipling (non fiction)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1960 Knight’s Fee</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1961 Dawn Wind</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1961 Beowulf (reprinted in 1966 as
Dragon Slayer)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1963 Sword at Sunset (adult)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1963 The Hounds of Ulster</span></span></div>
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1964 The Fugitives (in Miscellany One, edited by Edward
Blishen)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1965 The Mark of the Horse Lord</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1965 Heroes and History (non-fiction)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1965 A Saxon Settler (non-fiction)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1966 The New Laird (radio play script)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1967 The High Deeds of Finn McCool</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1967 The Chief’s Daughter</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1967 The Man Who Died at Sea (in <i>The
House of the Nightmare and other Eerie Stories</i>, edited by Kathleen Lines)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1968 A Circlet of Oak Leaves</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1969 The Flowers of Adonis (adult)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1970 The Witch’s Brat</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1970 The Making of an Outlaw (in <i>Thrilling Stories</i> from the
Past for Boys edited by Eric Duthie)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1970 Swallows in the Spring (in <i>Galaxy</i> edited by Gabrielle
Maunder)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1971 The Truce of the Games</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1972 Tristan and Iseult</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">1972
Heather, Oak and Olive (three stories including <i>The Chief’s Daughter, A
Circle of Oak Leaves, A Crown of Wild Olives</i>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1973 The Capricorn Bracelet</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1974 The Changeling</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1975 We Lived in Drumfyvie (written with Margaret
Lyford-Pike)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1975 Ghost Story (a screenplay with
Stephen Weeks)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1976 Blood Feud</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1977 Shifting Sands</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1977 Sun Horse, Moon Horse</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1978 Song for a Dark Queen</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1978 Is Anyone There? (a book on the Samaritans, editor
with Monica Dickens)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1979 The Light Beyond the Forest: The Quest for the Holy
Grail</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1980 Frontier Wolf</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1981 The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights
of the Round Table</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1981 The Road to Camlann: The Death of
King Arthur</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1981 Eagle’s Egg</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1983 Blue Remembered Hills: a recollection (non-fiction)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1983 Bonnie Dundee</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1986 Roundabout Horse</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1986 Flame Coloured Taffeta</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1986 Mary Bedell (play)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1987 Blood and Sand (adult)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1987 A Little Dog Like You</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1989 Merch Y Pennaeth (translated by
Gwenan Jones)<br />
1989 Little Hound Found</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1990 The Shining Company</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1992</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;">
</span><span lang="EN-US">
<span lang="EN-US">The Eagle of the Ninth:
Play (with Mary Rensten)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1993</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;">
</span><span lang="EN-US">
<span lang="EN-US"> Black Ships Before
Troy: The story of the Iliad (illustrated by Alan Lee)</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1993 Chess Dream in the Garden</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1993 The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 28.4pt; text-indent: -28.4pt;">
<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">
1995 The Wanderings of Odysseus (illustrated by Alan Lee)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;">
<span lang="EN-US">1997 Sword Song</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Sandra Garside-Neville </b>is a reviewer for the <a href="http://historicalnovelsociety.org/?post_type=review&s=&submit=Search" target="_blank">Historical Novel Review</a>, though she was given a sabbatical (!) to research and write this article. She's a professional librarian and a freelance archaeologist. The photograph of Rosemay Sutcliff on the front cover of Solander is from her private collection. </span></span></div>
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