The+Eagle

Justin Carrubba
4/2010 P.2 Genre: Historical Adventure Novel By: Rosemary Sutcliff

=//The Eagle//= The Ninth Legion, a Roman army, marched into northern Britain in the second century A.D., but were never seen or heard of ever again. Thousands of Roman soldiers disappeared along with a big metal standard that had a big bronze eagle on it, representing the Ninth Legion. Marcus Flavius Aquila, a Roman officer, was only a boy when his father left with the Ninth Legion. Twenty years later, wondering what happened to his father and the Ninth Legion, Marcus finds out that they were massacred by northern tribes. He captures the eagle standard and brings it back home.
 * Rosemary Sutcliff** (14 December 1920–23 July 1992) was a British novelist, and writer for children, best known as a writer of historical fiction and childrens literature. Although mainly a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults; Sutcliff once commented that she wrote "for children of all ages from eight to eighty-eight". Indeed, some of her novels were specifically written for adults.

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