Sword Song
- Subject
- Historical - Exploration & Discovery
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
- Size
- 12.4 cm × 20.1 cm
- ISBN
- 9780374469849
Discovered among Rosemary Sutcliff 's papers after her death in 1992, Sword Song is the swashbuckling epic of a young Viking swordsman, banished from his home for unintentionally killing a man, who takes up a new life as a mercenary.
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What reviewers said
Whether Sutcliff is calling up the ale houses of Dublin or the battle-torn moors of Scotland, her descriptive language and dialogue transport readers back to a time and place not usually visited in young people's fiction.
Sutcliff 's careful handling of how a young man, influenced by hero-worship and the force of custom, deals with the difficult choices that lead to maturity is nothing short of masterly. An unexpected and most welcome gift.
An action book if there ever was one.
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