Author: SUTCLIFF,ROSEMARY
Title: The Eagle of the Ninth
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1970, Reissue. Soft cover. Ill.: Illus.C.Walter Hodges. Book, In AD 119, the Ninth Roman Legion marched north into the wilds of Britain beyond Agricola's Wall and disappeared without a trace. Fifteen years later, Marcus Flavius Aquila, the son of the unit's commander, embarks on a quest to recover the lost eagle standard of the Ninth, symbol of a legion's - and his family's - honour. 244p. Very Good.

Keywords: Illus. C. Walter Hodgesroman Britain Fiction Youth Fiction Rome - Ancient - Fiction


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