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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.

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

  1. Rosemary Sutcliff at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  2. ^ "Sword Song". rosemarysutcliff.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
Works by Rosemary Sutcliff
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


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