The Lantern Bearers

Rosemary Sutcliff R. Sutcliff First published 1998

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.

Historical fiction.

Subjects

  • children's fiction
  • children's stories
  • english author
  • english fiction
  • fiction
  • great britain, history, fiction
  • great britain, history, to 1066, fiction
  • history
  • juvenile fiction
  • römerzeit
  • soldiers, fiction
  • young adult fiction