"An ALA (American Library Association) notable book." "First published in Great Britain by Oxford University Press, 1954"--T.p. verso. Includes discussion questions an an excerpt from "The silver branch," the next book in the trilogy.
Summary:
A young centurion ventures among the hostile tribes beyond the Roman Wall to recover the eagle standard of the Ninth, a legion which mysteriously disappeared under his father's command.
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