Rosemary Sutcliff‘s re-telling of Beowulf is praised at Suz’s Place, an online supplier of used and secondhand books. ‘She’ wrote that her softcover volume was published by Penguin Books in 1961. “It has a little rubbing on all corners and edges but is looking incredibly good for it’s age. I wish I looked this good.”
Lionhearted Beowulf, the hero who had the strength of thirty men in his arms, sailed away over the whale road in his war-boat, his fast floater, to rid the Danes of their deadly scourge, the prowling monster who struck terror into the bravest warriors of Denmark as they waited night after night in King Hrothgar’s court. Great glory came to Beowulf before he died, the renown from his three great battles, with Grendel and his fearful mother, and with the dragon who guarded the brilliant treasure-hoard hidden away in the earth.
Rosemary Sutcliff’s retelling of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf grasps the splendour and mystery of the original poem. It is a story to feed the imagination powerfully, and fill the mind with a trembling awe.
Source: Dragon Slayer: Story of Beowulf – Rosemary Sutcliff
![Reviews the widely-read, award-winning historical fiction novelist, writer of children's books and author of fiction for young adults, Rosemary Sutcliff. Compiled by Anthony Lawton (godson and cousin), this blog collects book details, lists, reviews, facts, opinions and personal recollections about this giant of British literature and children's literature, writer of over fifty books. It includes classic best sellers The Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers, Sword at Sunset, The Mark of the Horse Lord, Beowulf, Song for a Dark Queen, as well as her autobiography Blue Remembered Hills. [To use: Scroll down this home page for posts. Scroll down these right-side boxes. Use the Tabs at the top for the main pages]](https://rosemarysutcliff.com/files/2010/03/rosemary-sutcliff.jpg "Historical novelist, writer of children's books and fiction for young adults, Rosemary Sutcliff")
