Song For A Dark Queen
$28.45
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2014
Summary
An epic historical tale from the acclaimed award-winning author, Rosemary Sutcliff.
From the day Cadwan fashioned a sword from a willow wand and composed a victory song for his young mistress, Boudicca, he has loyally charted her rise to Queen. Boudicca is the strong and brave leader of the Iceni tribe - courageously guiding her people from one victorious battle to her next. Then Emperor Nero rules that the royal line of the Iceni is to be ended, and Boudicca knows this is one battle …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782950943 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178295094X |
| Author: | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Red Fox |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 98g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 12mm |
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About The Author
Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff was born in 1920 in West Clanden, Surrey. With over 50 books to her credit, Rosemary Sutcliff is universally considered one of the finest writers of historical novels for children. Her first novel, The Queen Elizabeth Story was published in 1950. In 1959 her book The Lantern Bearers won the Carnegie Medal. In 1974 she was highly commended for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and in 1978 her book, Song for a Dark Queen was commended for the Other Award. In 1975, Rosemary was awarded the OBE for services to Children’s Literature and the CBE in 1992. Unfortunately Rosemary passed away in July 1992 and is much missed by her many fans.
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