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The Mark of the Horse Lord
The Mark of the Horse Lord | Rosemary Sutcliff
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"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. 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." So began the ceremony that was to make young Phaedrus, ex-slave and gladiator, Horse Lord of the Dalriadain. Phaedrus had come a long way since the fight in the arena that gained him his freedom. He had left behind his old Roman life and identity and had entered another, more primitive, worldthat of the British tribes in the far north. In this world of superstition and ancient ritual, of fierce loyalties and intertribal rivalry, Phaedrus found companionship and love, and something morea purpose and a meaning to his life as he came fully to understand the significance of the Mark of the Horse Lord. First published in 1965 but long out of print, The Mark of the Horse Lord 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, and sacrifice.
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“He still did not know whether he liked Midir, and he still knew that didn‘t matter, that far down at the root of things they belonged together, as though perhaps they had been meant to come into the world as one person and had somehow got split up and come into it as two.”

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The Mark of the Horse Lord | Rosemary Sutcliff
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An ex-gladiator in prison for brawling is offered a way out by impersonating the rightful king of the Dalriad, deposed by his aunt.

More high adventure beyond the Roman Wall from Rosemary Sutcliffe. Once again her sense of place and landscape stands out as much as the story and characters.

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July Reads:
I wanted a month of rereads so everything I read this month was a favorite. 💚 As you can see, I was in a specific kind of 📚 mood.

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The Mark of the Horse Lord | Rosemary Sutcliff
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My favorite novels by my favorite 🇬🇧 authors. #emojinov

writerlibrarian Sayers is to up there on my list of best mysteries. 💖 7y
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