Lantern Bearers (Sutcliff - paperback)

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff

ISBN: 9780312644307

Binding: paperback

Section: Childrens-Middle-Reader

Notes: The Roman Britain Trilogy 3

The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain forever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila, a young Legionnaire, deserted his regiment to stay behind with his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow, and in the end, there is only one thing left in Aquila's life―his thirst for revenge . . . .