Rosemary Sutcliff Books in Order

Robert of Locksley becomes Robin Hood and gathers a band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. Their adventures pit them against the Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisborne as they resist injustice and defend those threatened by powerful enemies.

Perdita grows up in a Devon village filled with stories and imagined fairies, longing to meet Queen Elizabeth. When the Queen plans a visit, the girl's greatest wish suddenly seems possible amid the adventures of childhood.

After her grandmother dies, Tamsyn must leave Devon to live with an armourer's family in Tudor London. Disappointed that she cannot accompany her seafaring uncle, she gradually finds companionship and a place within an unfamiliar household.

Eleven-year-old Hugh escapes his cruel relatives and sets out toward Oxford to seek his fortune. Joining a company of travelling actors introduces him to a precarious life of performance, begging, and journeys from one place to another.

Childhood friends Simon and Amias grow up in England's West Country before joining opposing sides in the Civil War. Their loyalties to Parliament and the king eventually bring Simon to a choice between his cause and his friend.

Young Roman officer Marcus Aquila sets out to discover what happened to the Ninth Legion and his missing father. His hazardous expedition into northern Britain seeks answers to a disappearance that has remained unexplained for years.

A young Roman centurion travels beyond the northern frontier to recover the eagle standard lost when his father’s legion vanished. Venturing among hostile tribes, he seeks both the truth about the Ninth and a chance to restore his family’s honor.

A courageous warrior answers King Hrothgar's desperate need for help against Grendel, a creature terrorizing his people. Sutcliff retells the ancient heroic tale for younger readers, following Beowulf into a confrontation that tests his extraordinary strength.

Bess Throckmorton loves Walter Ralegh, the brilliant courtier whose ambitions reach toward distant lands. Their relationship endures the dangers of Elizabeth's court and a new king's hostility as Ralegh's fortunes shift from royal favor to imprisonment.

Orphaned by Norman attacks, Bjorn and Frytha grow up together in a hidden Norse stronghold in the Lake country. As the invaders draw closer, the friends must help defend the adoptive home and community that gave them a second chance at belonging.

Two Roman soldiers uncover a conspiracy against the emperor in Britain. Their discovery places them at the head of a loyalist band and draws them into battle as they attempt to defend Rome's authority and honor.

Drem grows up in Bronze Age Britain longing to become a hunter and wear a warrior's scarlet cloak. His disabled arm makes the required initiation seem impossible, forcing him to find his own way toward acceptance and adulthood.

As Rome withdraws its last legions, young officer Aquila chooses to remain in Britain. His allegiance eventually brings him to Ambrosius and the struggle against Saxon invaders, binding his own future to the country's uncertain survival.

Sir Thomas Fairfax rises to prominence during the English Civil War while his wife Anne follows the army to remain near him. Their marriage offers a personal view of campaigning, hardship, and the demands of loyalty amid national conflict.

An ill-treated servant boy in Norman England becomes the stake in a chess game between a nobleman and a minstrel. His changed circumstances offer a chance to pursue the seemingly distant ambition of becoming a knight.

After following his wandering dog beyond a Roman fortress, young Androphon is captured by a Welsh chieftain resisting Roman construction. A friendship with the chieftain’s son offers a possible bridge across their fathers’ dangerous mistrust.

After losing his family to Saxon conquest, young Briton Owain wanders with his faithful dog and befriends another survivor, Regina. When she becomes ill, he submits to servitude to secure help, beginning a life that tests loyalty amid a changing Britain.

Artos leads mounted warriors in the struggle to defend post-Roman Britain against invading forces. Told through his recollections, the novel follows campaigns, alliances, friendships, and intimate betrayals as he attempts to preserve a vulnerable society amid political fragmentation.

Sutcliff retells the Irish legend of Cuchulain, tracing the deeds that make him the Hound of Ulster. The young hero's rise unfolds within the world of Celtic tradition, where extraordinary courage shapes a warrior's lasting reputation.

This account follows a Saxon tribe's early arrival in England, introducing young readers to the people whose settlement formed part of the island's changing history.

Freed Roman gladiator Phaedrus discovers that he resembles the missing king of the Dalriad tribe. He agrees to impersonate the lost Horse Lord, entering a dangerous deception intended to overthrow a usurping queen.

Stories introduce important figures from the histories of England, Scotland, and Wales. Charles Keeping's ink drawings accompany Sutcliff's accounts, bringing notable lives and their historical settings to readers through the form of narrative biography.

Traditional Irish legends follow Finn MacCool, his son Oisin, and the warriors of the Fianna. Sutcliff retells their adventures alongside the stories of Dearmid and Grania, drawing together the deeds and relationships of a legendary brotherhood.

In the warring Greek world of the fifth century BC, Alkibiades moves between the roles of soldier, politician, lover, and exile. Driven from Athens, he joins Sparta, entangling his talents and loyalties with the conflicts of rival city-states.

After his grandmother dies, Lovel is driven from a village that feared her healing knowledge as witchcraft. Taking refuge among monks in twelfth-century England gives the displaced boy a chance to find another place in the world.

After defeating Ireland's great warrior, Tristan wins the trust of his uncle, Cornwall's king. A mission to find the king a bride sets in motion the Celtic love story of Tristan and Iseult, testing loyalty against personal feeling.

Three historical stories explore courage and loyalty through a Welsh chief's daughter, a former Roman soldier, and two young Olympic rivals. Each faces a choice between public duty and a personal bond that crosses the divisions of their world.

Six stories follow generations of one soldiering family across three centuries of Roman Britain. A bracelet awarded for distinguished service passes between them, linking their experiences from the occupation's upheavals to the eventual withdrawal of Rome's forces.

Tethra has been raised among a tribe that fears his origins with the Hill Folk. When hardship turns the community against him, he leaves to protect his adoptive father and must decide where he truly belongs.

The inhabitants of an imagined Scottish town tell its history across seven centuries. Adapted from radio scripts, their linked accounts move through war, work, prosperity, persecution, plague, and the changing fortunes of ordinary people.

A young Englishman sold into slavery among the Northmen is drawn into a violent family feud. In the tenth-century world of seaborne travel and shifting loyalties, the conflict carries him as far as Constantinople and an unfamiliar life.

Twelve-year-old Blue Feather is promised to Long Axe, the chief of her people. As she faces the future chosen for her, questions arise about the cruel leader's authority and the sacred power his followers believe he possesses.

In Iron Age Britain, Lubrhin Dhu feels separated from his tribe by an unusual gift for drawing. Inspired by the White Horse of Uffington, his story explores the place of an artist within an ancient community.

Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, confronts Roman efforts to extinguish her royal line. Her resistance grows into a campaign against imperial power, as the fate of her people becomes bound to a battle she cannot afford to lose.

The arrival of Percival and Galahad sets King Arthur’s knights on the quest for the Holy Grail. Their journeys scatter the fellowship across a perilous landscape, testing courage, spiritual devotion, and personal desire while bringing triumph to some and disappointment to others.

Disgraced after a costly military mistake, young Roman officer Alexios is sent to command the rough Frontier Wolves in northern Britain. Building trust among unfamiliar men offers a chance to recover his purpose, but fragile frontier conditions threaten every friendship and hard-won responsibility.

With many of Arthur’s finest knights lost during the Grail quest, Camelot’s golden age begins to collapse. Divided loyalties and Mordred’s challenge draw the king toward a final battle as the fellowship he created faces the end of its world.

Quintus, standard-bearer of the Ninth Legion, loves a British woman but must earn promotion before he can marry. Facing unrest among his fellow soldiers, he finds an unexpected way to defend the legion's discipline and pursue their future.

After drawing the sword from the stone, young Arthur becomes king and gathers the Knights of the Round Table. Their quests test courage and loyalty while magic, forbidden love, and the demands of chivalry shape the fellowship around his new kingdom.

Rosemary Sutcliff recalls a childhood shaped by arthritis, family relationships, and close observation of the world around her. Wartime experiences and a painful love affair form part of the personal history behind her development as a writer.

A king and queen live peacefully with their people in a garden until estrangement weakens their realm. An invading Red Horde exploits the division, turning the garden's central chessboard into a battlefield where their future will be decided.

Exiled in Holland, Hugh Herriot remembers his youth following Bonnie Dundee's campaign to restore King James in Scotland. The recollection follows loyalty, military adventure, and the consequences of a leader's death for the Jacobite cause.

Smugglers bring a wounded stranger ashore along with their illicit cargo. His arrival disrupts twelve-year-old Damaris Crocker's world, drawing her into an adventure in which danger and mystery reach beyond the contraband trade.

Sunflower may be a wooden carousel horse, but he has feelings of his own. A young girl named Jenny forms a special connection with him, opening the way to magic beyond the ordinary roundabout ride.

Captured during Britain's Egyptian campaign, Scottish soldier Thomas Keith becomes a prisoner of Ottoman forces. Encountering Islam and a different military world leads him toward a new allegiance, reshaping the course of his life amid the Napoleonic Wars.

A little dog arrives in a home already ruled by two established canine residents. Finding acceptance proves difficult, and he must work to become part of a household whose routines and loyalties were formed before he came.

In northern Britain around AD 600, Prosper becomes shield-bearer to a brotherhood of warriors preparing to resist Saxon invaders. Three hundred sons of minor kings train to fight as one, binding his future to their common struggle.

A devoted chihuahua and his owner face the separation brought by his death. While she hopes to recognize him in another puppy, he seeks a way to return, turning their bond into a story about enduring love.

Sutcliff retells the Iliad for younger readers, bringing the Greek heroes and the siege of Troy into a continuous narrative. The story introduces the rivalries, battles, and consequences of the long conflict outside the city's walls.

A poor minstrel discovers an unusual egg on the shore and helps it hatch by playing his harp. The tiny dragon that emerges becomes his companion, beginning a friendship and a series of adventures for the unlikely pair.

After Troy's destruction, Odysseus sails for Ithaca, expecting the journey home to end his long ordeal. Monsters, magicians, and extraordinary dangers instead prolong his wanderings in Sutcliff's retelling of the Odyssey for younger readers.

Banished from his Viking settlement after killing a man, a young swordsman takes to the sea as a mercenary. His exile sends him into an uncertain life beyond home, where he must make his own way through violence and adventure.