Brother Dusty-Feet [Hardcover]

Rosemary Sutcliff (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Oxford (1968)
• ASIN: B0016HGDXE
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Rosemary Sutcliff wrote more than 40 historical novels for young adults-including The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers, The Sword and the Circle, and Black Ships Before Troy-five adult novels, and several books of nonfiction.

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glowing and vivid, August 30, 1999

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This review is from: Brother Dusty Feet (Hardcover)

Brother Dusty Feet is a for slightly younger readers than most of Rosemary Sutcliff's, but I would count it among the best. It has a glowing quality; every scene standing out sharply. It has also the joyous touch which characterises many of many of Sutcliff's books; that extra piece of magic and mystery which makes it linger in the mind. A jewel of a book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Rosemary Sutcliff..., November 17, 2007

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Page Hudson (Williston, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother Dusty Feet (Hardcover)

I am an enthusiast for Sutcliff's novels, having read about 30 of them. She crafts historical England as surely as Shakespeare did. "Brother Dusty Feet" is a solid performance without the fierce action, sacrifices, implicit love and bittersweet endings of her best novels. But she takes you tramping around the England of the late 16th century and you will enjoy the visit, though the story is gentle, without the dirt or cold or tribulations of her better works. Don't judge the author by this book or make it the first you read, but taken with her Opus, it fills a nice gap and Sutcliff is always a graceful writer.