The Lantern Bearers

by Rosemary Sutcliff

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Dolphin Ring Cycle (3)

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Aquila halted on the edge of the hanging woods, looking down.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0374443025, Paperback)

Threatened by a tide of invaders, the last of the Roman Auxiliaries are to leave Britain forever. But Aquila, a young legionnaire, chooses to stay behind, in order to join the fight to save his native land.

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