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The Lantern Bearers

by Rosemary Sutcliff, R. Sutcliff · March 19, 1998

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Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes. Historical fiction.

Children's fictionGreat britain, history, to 1066, fictionSoldiers, fictionJuvenile fictionHistoryFictionGreat britain, history, fictionEnglish authorChildren's storiesYoung adult fictionEnglish fictionRömerzeit