The lantern bearers

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Summary

Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes.

Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "Gr. 6-9. Owain, a young Briton, the only survivor of a battle with the Saxons, is enslaved as he attempts to rescue the waif, Regina. Years later, he finds the girl and together they face the future. The third in a trilogy containing The Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver Branch."
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Additional Information

Series	Roman Britain trilogy ; book 3
Subjects	Adventure and adventurers Fiction Soldiers Rome Juvenile fiction Soldiers Juvenile fiction Adventure stories Historical fiction Juvenile fiction Historical fiction Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 Juvenile fiction. Rome Army Juvenile fiction. Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. Fiction. Electronic books. Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
Publisher	[Place of publication not identified] :Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR),2011 Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)2011
Contributors	OverDrive, Inc.
Audience	Lexile: 1210L.
Language	English
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB eBook Format: Kindle Book Format: OverDrive Read Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle
Awards	Carnegie Medal, 1959.
Description	1 online resource.
ISBN	9781429934398 1429934395
Other	Classic View