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The Lantern Bearers

The Lantern Bearers Rosemary Sutcliff book cover

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Author(s):Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s):Charles Keeping
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
Year Published: 1959
Type: Hardcover
Genre: British
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 252
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0809830280
ISBN-13: 9780809830282
OCLC: 612826
Award(s):
Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1959

Description

Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain. Eventually, he joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes.

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