The Shining Company
Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary
ISBN: 9780099855804
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 02 Aug 1991
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
An absorbing historical tale of bravery and friendship, set around 600 AD.
'I saw riders with black eyesockets in glimmering mail where their faces should have been, grey wolfskins catching a bloom of light from the mist and the moon; a shining company indeed, not quite mortal-seeming.' Many years after King Arthur defeated the Saxons, the tribes of Britain are again threatened by invaders. Prosper and his loyal bondsman, Conn, answer the call of King Mynydogg to join a highly skilled army - the Shining Company. Led by the gallant Prince Gorthyrn, the company embark on a perilous but glorious campaign. An epic tale of battles and bravery from the acclaimed historical storyteller, Rosemary Sutcliff.
ISBN: 9780099855804
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 02 Aug 1991
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
An absorbing historical tale of bravery and friendship, set around 600 AD.
'I saw riders with black eyesockets in glimmering mail where their faces should have been, grey wolfskins catching a bloom of light from the mist and the moon; a shining company indeed, not quite mortal-seeming.' Many years after King Arthur defeated the Saxons, the tribes of Britain are again threatened by invaders. Prosper and his loyal bondsman, Conn, answer the call of King Mynydogg to join a highly skilled army - the Shining Company. Led by the gallant Prince Gorthyrn, the company embark on a perilous but glorious campaign. An epic tale of battles and bravery from the acclaimed historical storyteller, Rosemary Sutcliff.
