Intrigue, plotting, and battles in the second of Rosemary Sutcliff's best-selling trilogy which began with The Eagle of the Ninth

• Rosemary Sutcliff is the acknowledged master of children's historical storytelling
• Award-winning author has won Carnegie Medal and has also been awarded the OBE and the CBE
• Historical fiction is currently enjoying a huge amount of popularity
• Great book for boys and girls alike
• Beautiful package with original black and white artwork throughout by Charles Keeping together with new cover look to tie in with other books in the sequence, The Eagle of the Ninth and The Lantern Bearers

"This is a book full of action and excitement, plot and intrigue combining real people of the time...with the fictitious characters. " - The Historical Novels Review