In this world of superstition and ancient ritual, of fierce loyalties and intertribal rivalry, Phaedrus found companionship and love, and something more-a purpose and a meaning to his life as he came fully to understand the significance of the Mark of the Horse Lord.įirst published in 1965, The Mark of the Horse Lord, set in second-century Britain, has been acclaimed by many readers as the finest of Rosemary Sutcliff's many novels, imparting true insight into the nature of leadership, identity, heroism, loyalty, violence, and sacrifice. He had left behind his old Roman life and identity and had entered another, more primitive, world-that of the British tribes in the far north. Phaedrus had come a long way since the fight in the arena that gained him his freedom. It was the inaugural 1985 winner of the Phoenix Award. An ex-gladiator is recruited to impersonate the lost heir of the patriarchal Dalriadain in their war of succession against the matriarchal Caledones. So began the ceremony that was to make young Phaedrus, ex-slave and gladiator, Horse Lord of the Dalriadain. the mark of the horse lord Hardcover Import, Januby Rosemary Sutcliff (Author) 107 ratings Kindle 8.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 12. The Mark of the Horse Lord is a 1965 young adult novel published by Oxford University Press, with illustrations by Charles Keeping. The old High Priest dipped a finger in the blood and made a sign with it on Phaedrus's forehead, above the Mark of the Horse Lord." "There was a smell of blood mingling with the smell of burning that still clung about scorched timber and blackened thatch, and a great wailing rose from the watching crowd.
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