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Book by Rosemary Sutcliff
Sword Song is a children's novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published posthumously in 1997, having been found in handwritten manuscript form on her desk when she died.[ 1]
The novel is set in Viking times and follows the story of its principal character, Bjarni, who was cast out of his home for breaking an oath and spent five years sailing the west coast of Scotland , witnessing the feuds of the clan chiefs living there.
Eagle of the Ninth Arthurian Other novels
Children's novels
The Chronicles of Robin Hood (Oxford, 1950), illus. C. Walter HodgesThe Queen Elizabeth Story The Armourer's House Brother Dusty-Feet Simon Outcast Warrior Scarlet Knight's Fee Bridge Builders (1960), illus. Douglas RelfBeowulf: Dragonslayer (1961) illus. Charles KeepingThe Hound of Ulster (1963), illus. Victor Ambrus The Mark of the Horse Lord The Chief's Daughter (1967), illus. Victor AmbrusThe High Deeds of Finn MacCool A Circlet of Oak Leaves (1968), illus. Victor AmbrusThe Witch's Brat (1970), illus. Richard LebensonThe Truce of the Games (1971), illus. Victor AmbrusHeather, Oak, and Olive (1972), illus. Victor AmbrusThe Capricorn Bracelet (1973), illus. Charles Keeping (later, Richard Cuffari)The Changeling (1974), illus. Victor AmbrusWe Lived in Drumfyvie (1975), by Sutcliff and Margaret Lyford-PikeBlood Feud Sun Horse, Moon Horse Shifting Sands (1977), illus. Laslzo AcsSong for a Dark Queen (1978)Eagle's Egg (1981), illus. Victor AmbrusBonnie Dundee (1983)Flame-coloured Taffeta (1986), illus. Rachel BirkettThe Roundabout Horse (1986) illus. Alan Marks A Little Dog Like You (1987) illus. Jane JohnsonThe Best of Rosemary Sutcliff (1987), illus. Charles Keeping—omnibus edition of Warrior Scarlet , The Mark of the Horse Lord , and Knight's Fee (1958–1965)The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup (1993, posthumous), illus. by Emma Chichester Clark Black Ships Before Troy Alan Lee Chess-dream in a Garden (1993, posth.), illus. Ralph Thompson The Wanderings of Odysseus (1995, posth.), illus. Alan Lee Adult novels
