In this thrilling re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon legend, Beowulf, the renowned children\"s historical fiction writer Rosemary Sutcliff recounts Beowulf\"s most terrifying quests: against Grendel the man-wolf, against the hideous sea-hag and, most courageous of all - his fight to the death with the monstrous fire-drake....

Violence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. In fear for their lives they gather together a tattered band of men and......

‘Traitor! Now is your death-time upon you!’ You may think you know all about King Arthur, the young boy who plucked the sword from the stone. You’ve probably heard stories about Merlin\"s magic powers and the Knights of the round table…these are the stories we learn at school. But they are just the beginning....

Grendel prowled in, hating all men and all joy and hungry for human life. So swift was his attack that no man heard an outcry; but when the dawn came, thirty of Hothgar\'s best and noblest thanes were missing. Only Beowulf, foremost among......

The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain for ever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila deserts his regiment to return to his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship......

In 117 A.D. Flavius Aquila led five thousand soldiers of the Ninth Legion on a mission beyond the edge of the known world. They and their treasured Eagle standard were never seen again. Twenty years later, the commander\"s son Marcus sets out to solve the mystery of their disappearance - and to restore his father\"s honour....

Book Description Discovered among Rosemary Sutcliff \'s papers after her death in 1992, Sword Song is the swashbuckling epic of a young Viking swordsman, banished from his home for unintentionally killing a man, who takes up a new life as a mercenary....

The long siege of Troy is over, and the city is in ashes. Heroic King Odysseus can finally return to Ithaca, but the voyage home holds terrors far greater than any he faced during the Trojan War. Storms have thrust Odysseus\'s ship into unknown waters....

Homer\'s epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. Rich with arresting imagery and memorable characters, its powerful metaphors still permeate modern culture....

The Eagle of the Ninth is heralded as one of the most outstanding children\'s books of the twentieth century and has sold over a million copies worldwide. This special edition has been produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this remarkable book by one of the most highly respected authors of children\'s literature, Rosemary Sutcliff....