by Rosemary Sutcliff · SQUARE FISH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780312644307
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«The Lantern Bearers» is the historical novel by Rosemary Sutcliff, published by Square Fish in paperback (240 pages, in English).
After the withdrawal of the Roman legions, Britain is left at the mercy of civil war and Saxon raids. Aquila, a young officer who chooses to stay, loses his home and everything he loves. Years of struggle and revenge finally lead him to join the Romano-British leader Ambrosius.
Third instalment of the The Roman Britain Trilogy, which also includes The Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver Branch. Originally published in 1959, it won the Carnegie Medal for Literature.
For young people aged 10 and up who enjoy historical fiction set in Roman Britain and adventure novels.
Rosemary Sutcliff was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novels were specifically written for adults. In a 1986 interview she said, "I would claim that my books are for children of all ages, from nine to ninety."
