The Eagle Of The Ninth Rosemary Sutcliff

Near fine in bright royal blue cloth with gilt spine titles against a black block; in a very good price-clipped dust jacket showing some wear at the edges and folds, mild nicking at the edges, some quite short edge tears with attendant mild creasing. Very bright vivid colors retained in the book and the dust jacket. All in all, a very nice example. Classic YA adventure story of a young Roman centurion sent out to recover the infamous Ninth Legion's missing symbol of honor. The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of Northern Britain and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved, until now . . . Marcus Aquila has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out into the unknown, on a quest so dangerous that nobody expects him to return. First book in Sutcliff's Roman Britain trilogy. Sequels are The Silver Branch (1957) and The Lantern Bearers (1959), which won the Carnegie medal. Filmed in 2011 as THE EAGLE with Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell. Gorgeous intext black and white illustrations and chapter heads by Hodges, plus frontispiece map. Very scarce in this, the true first edition. Free, insured shipping.