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callmemadam

The Eagle

Mar 30, 2011 10:33

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rosemary sutcliff, charles keeping, films, children's books

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oddny March 30 2011, 17:33:47 UTC

I'm also greatly looking forward to seeing the Eagle. I still have all of my childhood Rosemary Sutcliff novels and am hoping that a couple I haven't got may be reprinted after the film.
Have you read her biography - Blue Remembered Hills? She was an astonishingly brave lady.

callmemadam March 31 2011, 06:21:10 UTC

Yes, I've read Blue Remembered Hills. Interesting how many of her books have a character with a disability of some sort.

ramblingfancy March 30 2011, 21:55:15 UTC

Oooh so exciting Barbara! Perhaps it'll be on in London for my week off next week. Doubt I'll notice the accents once it gets going - will probably be too busy trying not to jump! I was thinking of you when I heard about this of course. What a lovely Sutcliff collection you have! Folio books are doing them as well right now - like the new illustrations there.

callmemadam March 31 2011, 06:22:18 UTC

That's just a few of my Sutcliffs! I haven't read any for a long time so it's a great rediscovery.

joyeuce March 30 2011, 23:00:34 UTC

Simon is one of my favourites too, along with Warrior Scarlet, Lady in Waiting and The Rider of the White Horse.

I never minded the dialogue, in fact positively enjoyed it because it set the scene firmly in the past without going like the King James Bible (much as I love that too!). I think I even talked like that myself for a while, when I was going through my read-nothing-but-historical-fiction phase, which must have been quite irritating for my parents.

callmemadam March 31 2011, 06:24:39 UTC

I've never read Lady in Waiting!

I get caught up enough in the stories for the dialogue not to worry me too much. But why say, 'Na,na,' instead of 'No,no,'?

joyeuce March 31 2011, 08:36:27 UTC

I suppose to make it sound a bit less modern; "no, no" sounds teacher-ish to me for some reason. I don't know. It works for me.

You should read Lady in Waiting (if you can get hold of it; I think it's out of print) - Bess Ralegh's story, and just gorgeous.

anonymous March 31 2011, 20:30:56 UTC

Never read Sutcliff but I was always intrigued by the title of one of her books - Flame Coloured Taffeta.

callmemadam April 1 2011, 06:46:02 UTC

Another I haven't read. She is worth a try and The Eagle of the Ninth is probably the best place to start.