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The Eagle of the Ninth

by Sutcliff,Rosemary

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ISBN 10
0192720082
ISBN 13
9780192720085
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975 Book. Illus. by Illus.C.Walter Hodges. Very Good +. Soft cover. Reprint. In AD 119, the Ninth Roman Legion marched north into the wilds of Britain beyond Agricola's Wall and disappeared without a trace. Fifteen years later, Marcus Flavius Aquila, the son of the unit's commander, embarks on a quest to recover the lost eagle standard of the Ninth, symbol of a legion's - and his family's - 245p.map..

Synopsis

The Eagle of the Ninth is a historical adventure novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1954. The story is set in Roman Britain in the second century AD, after the building of Hadrian's Wall. A young Roman officer, Marcus Aquila, is trying to discover the truth about the disappearance of his father's legion in northern Britain.

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Bookseller
KALAMOS BOOKS CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
27496
Title
The Eagle of the Ninth
Author
Sutcliff,Rosemary
Illustrator
Illus.C.Walter Hodges
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good +
Edition
Reprint
ISBN 10
0192720082
ISBN 13
9780192720085
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Place of Publication
Oxford
Date Published
1975
Keywords
Roman Britain Fiction YOUTH FICTION
Bookseller catalogs
Historical Fiction; Rome - Ancient - Fiction; Youth Fiction;

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Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.

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