Sword Song (Sutcliff novel)
Book by Rosemary Sutcliff
Sword Song is a children's novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published posthumously in 1997, having been found in handwritten manuscript form on her desk when she died.[ 1]
The novel is set in Viking times and follows the story of its principal character, Bjarni, who was cast out of his home for breaking an oath and spent five years sailing the west coast of Scotland , witnessing the feuds of the clan chiefs living there.
References
Eagle of the Ninth Arthurian Other novels
Children's novels
The Chronicles of Robin Hood (Oxford, 1950), illus. C. Walter Hodges
The Queen Elizabeth Story (1950) illus. C. Walter Hodges
The Armourer's House (1951) illus. C. Walter Hodges
Brother Dusty-Feet (1952), illus. by C. Walter Hodges
Simon (1953), illus. Richard Kennedy
Outcast (1955), illus. Richard Kennedy
Warrior Scarlet (1958), illus. Charles Keeping
Knight's Fee (1960), illus. Charles Keeping
Bridge Builders (1960), illus. Douglas Relf
Beowulf: Dragonslayer (1961) illus. Charles Keeping
The Hound of Ulster (1963), illus. Victor Ambrus
The Mark of the Horse Lord (1965), illus. Charles Keeping
The Chief's Daughter (1967), illus. Victor Ambrus
The High Deeds of Finn MacCool (1967), illus. Michael Charleton
A Circlet of Oak Leaves (1968), illus. Victor Ambrus
The Witch's Brat (1970), illus. Richard Lebenson
The Truce of the Games (1971), illus. Victor Ambrus
Heather, Oak, and Olive (1972), illus. Victor Ambrus
The Capricorn Bracelet (1973), illus. Charles Keeping (later, Richard Cuffari)
The Changeling (1974), illus. Victor Ambrus
We Lived in Drumfyvie (1975), by Sutcliff and Margaret Lyford-Pike
Blood Feud (1976), illus. Charles Keeping
Sun Horse, Moon Horse (1977), illus. Shirley Felts
Shifting Sands (1977), illus. Laslzo Acs
Song for a Dark Queen (1978)
Eagle's Egg (1981), illus. Victor Ambrus
Bonnie Dundee (1983)
Flame-coloured Taffeta (1986), illus. Rachel Birkett
The Roundabout Horse (1986) illus. Alan Marks
A Little Dog Like You (1987) illus. Jane Johnson
The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff (1987), illus. Charles Keeping—omnibus edition of Warrior Scarlet , The Mark of the Horse Lord , and Knight's Fee (1958–1965)
The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup (1993, posthumous), illus. by Emma Chichester Clark
Black Ships Before Troy (1993, posth.), illus. Alan Lee
Chess-dream in a Garden (1993, posth.), illus. Ralph Thompson
The Wanderings of Odysseus (1995, posth.), illus. Alan Lee
Adult novels