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Written by Rosemary Sutcliff - Audio book performed by Charlie Simpson - Abridged Fiction - 4 COMPACT DISCS

Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (October 2006)

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"Rosemary Sutcliffe’s gripping The Eagle of the Ninth, is about a young centurion’s search for a missing legion over Hadrian’s Wall. Read by Charlie Simpson against a background of thrilling music, and sparkling with detail about the Romans in Britain, it is perfect for boys of eight and over." —Amanda Craig, Independent on Sunday

Roman Britain: Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion is forced into retirement after a wound in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion which, years before, disappeared in the savage lands of the Picts. Will he find out what happened to the men, led by his father, who never returned? And will he recover the Eagle, the symbol of Roman dominance and power?

This junior classic has never been out of print since it was first published over 50 years ago. It is now presented in a fresh abridgement read in exciting manner by Charlie Simpson.

About the Performer: Charlie Simpson won the Carleton Hobbs Radio Award in 1989 and the Best New Actor in Radio — Radio Times Comedy and Drama Awards in 1992. His TV credits include The Bill, Kavanagh QC and Soldier Soldier. His theatre work includes Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest for the English Shakespeare Company and The Blue Angel at the Gielgud Theatre. He also reads the part of Freddie Eynsford Hill in Pygmalion and The Clerk's Tale from The Canterbury Tales ll for Naxos AudioBooks.