One of Rosemary Sutcliff's acclaimed books set in Roman Britain. The Eagle of the Ninth tells the story of a young Roman officer who sets out to discover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the Ninth Legion, who marched into the mists of northern Britain and never came back. Rosemary Sutcliff spent most of her life in a wheelchair, suffering from the wasting Still's disease. She wrote her first book for children, The Queen's Story, in 1950 and went on to become a highly respected name in the field of children's literature. She received an OBE in 1975 and died at the age of 72 in 1992.
- ISBN10 0192750453
- ISBN13 9780192750457
- Publish Date 1 June 2000 (first published 31 March 1977)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 August 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 302
- Language English