The Lantern Bearers
by Rosemary Sutcliff
Taste attributes: historicalwaradventureteenfastlinearemotive & stirringall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA moving historical novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.8 / 5
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About This Book
Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes.
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- Author
- Rosemary Sutcliff
- Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 252
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- Open Library
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