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The Eagle Of The Ninth

By: Rosemary Sutcliff
Narrated by: Full Cast
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 A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Rosemary Sutcliff’s much-loved tale of honour, comradeship and courage. Somewhere around the year 117AD, a Roman garrison called the Ninth Legion was ordered to put down an uprising among the Caledonian tribes. Four thousand men vanished without trace into the swirling mist of the north of Roman Britain. Many years after their disappearance a young centurion, Marcus Aquila, decides to discover the truth about what happened to the legion and to its First Cohort Commander - his father. This gripping dramatisation tells the story of Marcus’ often perilous journey as he searches to solve the mystery, and to bring back the symbol of the lost legion’s honour - their standard, the Eagle of the Ninth. Now adapted as a major motion picture - ‘The Eagle’, starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland - ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ is a timeless tale that will thrill all listeners. This recording was previously available on cassette. Action & Adventure Entertainment & Performing Arts Historical Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Fiction
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I read this recently having enjoyed it hugely as a child. Reading it again as an adult did not disappoint. Will read with my 10 year old.

So good

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I first read this book when I was about 12 I read it again just recently and realise how good it was it’s a really good story and this particular performance is very good indeed.

My childhood friend.

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I would have enjoyed it better if it had been a straight reading of the book rather than an abridged dramatised version with a lot of huffing and puffing along the way.

Too much huffing and puffing …

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good story but this dramatisation is dated in style and the music between chapters was irritating

old fashioned adaptation

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If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

Someone who has never read the book.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The performance was fine, the adaptation woeful After about 10 minutes we were halfway through the book, and there was a key episode that involves 3 main characters i the book (4 if you include the wolf). Only one of them was present as the others had not been introduced.

What character would you cut from The Eagle of the Ninth?

No need to, the adaptation has done a spiffing job of that on its own.

Any additional comments?

If you have read and loved the book do not go near this.

I could not finish it

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