The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff: Warrior Scarlet, the Mark of the Horselord, Knight's Fee [Library Binding]

Rosemary Sutcliff (Author)

Product Details

• Library Binding: 726 pages
• Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books (March 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872261956
• ISBN-13: 978-0872261952
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sutcliff's finest novel, February 26, 2000

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E. Smith "efsmithrph" (Reform, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff: Warrior Scarlet, the Mark of the Horselord, Knight's Fee (Library Binding)

I have read all three of the books in this collection, and they are all really wonderful. Warrior Scarlet is still in print here in the U.S. and is a marvelous introduction to Bronze Age Britian for young adult readers. Knight's Fee is still in print in the U.K., and I ordered it from an online dealer there. It is set in Norman England, and while it is not my favorite of her novels, it is well written and interesting.

I read Mark of the Horselord 30 years ago, and I have been searching for it since 1995. It is set in Roman Britian, and tells the story of a gladiator slave who becomes a king. This book was written for teens/young adults. It is much more challenging than the muck being written today. The characters are well-fleshed out and memorable (I remembered them for 30 years). It is simply the very best of her novels, and I have read them all. Why this book is not in print is a mystery to me. I know there is a market, at one point the only copy I could find was a paperback that was priced at more than $150.00.

I found a library bound copy through Amazon's Z Shops at a very reasonable price, and reread this book last week. The intervening 30 years has not robbed this book of it's power. I read it slowly, and savored every minute. Find this book. Harass publishers ( I have!). Let's get this book reprinted!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mark of the Horselord, May 22, 2003

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Ayisha Synnestvedt "fiction writer" (Bryn Athyn, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff: Warrior Scarlet, the Mark of the Horselord, Knight's Fee (Library Binding)

Warrior Scarlet is one of my favourite Sutcliffs, and Knight's Fee is also a good read, but The Mark of the Horselord beats them both. It's one of those "Wow" books - ones that you keep thinking and thinking about for long after you've read it. Rosemary Sutcliff portrays excellently how a person, even coming from and living through some terrible situations, can rise to the occasion and truly make a difference in the lives around them, making choices not because they are comfortable, but because they are what must be done. I like characters whom I can really respect, despite our differences in situation.

I agree with another reviewer: We MUST reprint this book!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sword at Sunset, April 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff: Warrior Scarlet, the Mark of the Horselord, Knight's Fee (Library Binding)

I have been an avid fan of Rosemary Sutcliff for at least 30 years...Her novel Sword at Sunset is,to me,the finest and the most believable of the accounts of King Arthur without all the romanticism attached to most versions..She has such a rare gift that I read this book at least once a year and never tire of it!...Mark of the Horse Lord comes a close second but I have read all her books...even junior novels like The Witches Brat etc...I will be forever grateful to Ms.Sutcliff !