The silver branch. / Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Author
Edition
- 1st ed.
Published
- London : Oxford University Press 1957
Physical description
215 pages illustrations 23 cm.
ISBN
- 0192770888
Notes
- Carnegie Medal runner-up 1957.
Audience
- juvenile
- 1120 ; Lexile.
Contents
- Saxon shore -- Whisper down the wind -- House on the cliffs -- Sea wolf -- Nightshade! -- Evicatos of the spear -- 'To the fates, that they may be kind' -- feast of Samhain -- Sign of the dolphin -- Berenice sails for Gaul -- Shadow -- Sprig of broom -- Silver branch -- Ancient ensign -- Return to the legions -- 'Carausius! Carausius!' -- Eagle in the flames -- Triumphal garlands.
Subject
- 55 B.C.-449 A.D
- English author.
- Children's stories.
- Children's stories, English.
- Children's stories.
- Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. ; Fiction.
- Grande-Bretagne Histoire 55 av. J.-C.-449 (Période romaine) ; Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. ; Juvenile fiction.
- Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. ; Juvenile literature.
- Rome Army ; Juvenile literature.
- Roman Britain ; Juvenile literature.
- Grande-Bretagne Histoire 55 av. J.-C.-449 (Période romaine) ; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
- Children's stories in English, 1900 Texts
- Fiction: English literature.
- Great Britain - history - Roman occupation: fiction.
- Roman Empire: fiction.
- Spy stories: fiction.
Other names
Related item
- Online version:: Sutcliff, Rosemary. Silver branch. 1st ed. London, Oxford University Press, 1957
Genre
- Fiction
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Illustrated
- Juvenile works.
- text
Language
- English
Summary
- A young Roman army medical officer, sent to Britain during the period of waning Roman rule, befriends a kinsman with whom he shares an adventure of intrigue, exile, and underground activity with the Lost Ninth Legion.
Holding libraries
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| Location of copy | Shelfmark | Online location | Holdings Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Aberdeen Libraries: Sir Duncan Rice Library: Floor 6 TRC | 823 Su8 | ||
| Bishop Grosseteste University: Library Store: Children's Resources - 12 Week Loan | 823 SUT | ||
| Bishop Grosseteste University: Library Store: Children's Resources - 12 Week Loan | 823 | ||
| British Library: General Reference Collection, St Pancras Reading Rooms | Nov.39228 | ||
| University of Cambridge Libraries: Homerton College Library: Children's Literature Collection | 823 SUT(SIL) | Library holds one copy | |
| University of Cambridge Libraries: University Library: Order to West Room, access from within the Main Reading Room, First Floor, (order to Rare Books Reading Room if pre-1900), not borrowable | 1979.7.1138 | ||
| University of East Anglia Library: UEA Main Library. Floor 2: Main shelves - Normal loan | PX 6200 SUT | ||
| University of Edinburgh Libraries: Moray House Library - Children's Lending | PR6037.U936 Sut. | ||
| University of Essex Library: Albert Sloman Library, ESAH collection | PR 6037.U7 | ||
| University of Exeter Library: St Luke's Campus Library | 828/SUT | ||
| University of Glasgow Library: School Experience (Library Level 4) | JF SUT23 | ||
| University of Glasgow Library: School Experience (Library Level 4) | JF SUT22 | ||
| University of Leeds Library: Western Campus 2. Contact University of Leeds Library Enquiries | Education JF Store SUT | ||
| University of Leeds Library: Western Campus Store. Contact University of Leeds Library Enquiries | Thompson Collection Novels SUT | ||
| Liverpool John Moores University: Contact the main library | 823.914 SUT | ||
| Manchester Metropolitan University: All Saints Library Special Collections: 3rd floor, Children's collection - Reference | 823.914 SUT | ||
| National Library of Scotland: General Reading Room, Edinburgh (stored offsite) | W2.79.261 | ||
| National Library of Scotland: General Reading Room, Edinburgh (stored offsite) | V.332.j | ||
| Oxford Brookes University: Harcourt Hill Library, Long Loan | 823.910834 Store Room SUT | ||
| University of Oxford Libraries: Bodleian Library | 254 e.303 | ||
| University of Oxford Libraries: Bodleian Library | 254 e.576 | ||
| University of Reading Library: University Library: 3rd Floor | TEACHING PRACTICE--TP 823.914-SUT | ||
| University of Reading Library: Special Collections & Museum of English Rural Life: In Store - available on request | CHILDREN'S COLLECTION--823.9-SUT | ||
| University of Strathclyde Library: Children's Books | MLJ J 808.3 SUT | ||
| Trinity College Dublin Library: Santry Book Repository | HB- 11-712 | ||
| Trinity College Dublin Library: Santry Book Repository | JUV 177.o.73 | ||
| University of Warwick Library: Store | F SUT | ||
| University of York Libraries: University Library: Morrell - Peggy Janiurek Collection | Peggy Janiurek Collection |