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The eagle of the ninth

Escott, John2008
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In the second century AD, when the Ninth Roman Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain, not one man came back. Four thousand men disappeared, and the Eagle, the symbol of the Legion's honour, was lost. Years later there is a story that the Eagle has been seen again.
Main title:
The eagle of the ninth / Rosemary Sutcliff.
Edition:
Simplified ed. / retold by John Escott.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008.
Collation:
83 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780194791724 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
108854
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