The Eagle of the Ninth

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The Eagle of the Ninth is a book by Rosemary Sutcliff, published by Oxford University Press in 1957. It is a reprint of her 1954 historical novel, which follows the adventures of a young Roman officer who tries to recover the lost eagle standard of his fathers legion in Britain. The book has 255 pages and is a hardback edition. Additional remarks, heavy foxing on pages, dust jacket clipped, dust jacket in plastic sleeve., Condition Remarks: Fine, Very small bookshop sticker affixed at front pastedown’s bottom right corner. , Dust Jacket: fair with general shelfwear with some tears along the spines and edges., In good condition , Previous owner’s name to front endpaper,