For someone intrigued by the murky depths of early British history, this young adult novel certainly satisfied. I halfway wish that I would have read this as a young adult, because now I have already read a number of historical fictions about this region and time period which are much more graphic and harsh. Bernard Cornwall and Marion Zimmer Bradley come to mind. Regardless, The Eagle of the Ninth is intriguing because even though it softens some of the rough edges, death is still a very real feature in this story, as is slavery, colonialism, and cultural interactions. Sutcliff gave me little room to doubt the world she recreated for her story, even if she left out the raping and pillaging. Overall, a very enjoyable book if you don't mind predictable happy endings. I look forward to reading the sequel, "The Silver Branch". ( )

The Eagle of the Ninth is a thing of the falconine of gold.
It is a symbol of the force where romanic military forces exist.
It entered modern ages, and it was excavated from the place where this falconine was different from the historical fact though this hung when going to fight.

It was possible to read though the pronunciation of characters' names and names of land managed not to have been understood easily.
As for the talk, development is very interesting. It gets excited when reading. I recommends it. ( )

An astonished good book, I will read the following one. ( )

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