The lantern bearers
By: Rosemary Sutcliff.
Series: New Oxford library
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Juvenile fiction.; Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Fiction.
Description: 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.