Dawnwind

Sutcliff, Rosemary

Published by Oxford University Press, 1964

About this Item

Gift quality 2nd printing of the first edition published 2 years after the first. Straight, sharp hardcover in purple cloth covered boards. Spine ends lightly bumped, tips still sharp, no names, tears or soil in the 241pp text. Un-clipped, original color illustrated dust jacket (by Charles Keeping) is complete and displays beautifully in new mylar. Owain lay in the silence of the great battlefield, gazing at his own hand spread on the ground beside him. His hand moved and he realized he was not dead. He was only fourteen years old. Further up the hillside lay his father, a British farmer, and his brother Ossian, both killed by the Saxon warriors in that last great battle of Aquac Sulis. It seemed to Owain that nobody but himself had been left alive, until the lean shape of a dog slid towards from the shadows and licked his hand. Together the boy and the hounds turned away from the battlefield and the Saxon campfires, and started the long journey northwards. The story covers the twelve years that followed Aquae Sulis - for Owain they were hard and difficult years, many of them spent in thrall to a Saxon farmer, yet he found kindness and happiness where he least expected it. Seller Inventory # 49039

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dawnwind

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 2nd Printing.