num_pages: 282
description: Threatened by an unstoppable tide of invaders, the last of the Roman Auxiliaries are setting sail to leave Britain forever. But Aquila, a young legionnaire, chooses to stay behind, in order to join the fight to save his native land. 
language: English
title: The Lantern Bearers
titlecomplete: The Lantern Bearers (The Roman Britain Trilogy)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Roman, Roman Britain, Young Adult, Classics, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Arthurian
ratings_count: 2615
places: United Kingdom
series: The Roman Britain Trilogy, The Dolphin Ring Cycle
awards: awardedAt: -347126400000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)