- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Puffin Books; New edition edition (25 Nov 1976)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140308954
- ISBN-13: 978-0140308952
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #70 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > S > Sutcliff, Rosemary
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In Bronze Age Britain, young Drem must overcome his disability-a withered arm-if he is to prove his manhood and become a warrior.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
We have just read this to our 9-year old daughter and 7-year old son, both of whom were transfixed by the intensity of the narrative, and descriptions of the bronze age community in which the story is set. Although the prose style is more complex than that in books that have been published more recently, this is a book that children will read more than once, and possibly - as in my case - read to their own children in turn. Rereading it as an adult, I found that it hadn't lost any of its original punch, and was still very moving.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fans of the great and, alas, late Rosemary Sutcliff, might perhaps overlook this great book, which is a pity as in many ways it ranks as her finest achievement.
Warrior Scarlet is a note-perfect recreation of the late Bronze Age and a tiny South Downs tribal community, with a very Sutcliffian twist - the hero, the young 9 year old Drem, has courage aplenty but has a withered arm. His battle to win his scarlet warrior's robe unfolds to a thrilling climax and heart-warming conclusion.
What gives this book a special resonance is that Sutcliff, too, was physically disabled. She brings the poignancy of Drem's condition completely to life.
Otherwise, some of the familiar elements you find in all of Sutcliff's stories are there - a wise mentor, Talore the hunter; an unworthy, malicious opponent; faithful dogs; and a beautiful minaturist's evocation of time and place.
This was one of my favourite Sutcliff books when i was young - Outcast has a similar emotional richness - and easily stands the test of time. Enjoy the Bronze Age as it might have been...
Warrior Scarlet is a note-perfect recreation of the late Bronze Age and a tiny South Downs tribal community, with a very Sutcliffian twist - the hero, the young 9 year old Drem, has courage aplenty but has a withered arm. His battle to win his scarlet warrior's robe unfolds to a thrilling climax and heart-warming conclusion.
What gives this book a special resonance is that Sutcliff, too, was physically disabled. She brings the poignancy of Drem's condition completely to life.
Otherwise, some of the familiar elements you find in all of Sutcliff's stories are there - a wise mentor, Talore the hunter; an unworthy, malicious opponent; faithful dogs; and a beautiful minaturist's evocation of time and place.
This was one of my favourite Sutcliff books when i was young - Outcast has a similar emotional richness - and easily stands the test of time. Enjoy the Bronze Age as it might have been...
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this story first in 1959 and I have read it at least once every year since then. I read it in turn to my children and also to my pupils at school. They have never failed to be enthralled and moved by it. Sutcliff's use of language, imagery and history is first class and from her I learned so much that I have used in my life. The description of Drem's stand against the wolves is breath-taking!
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Bronze-age coming of age: one of her very best
The plot (without spoilers!): Drem has a withered arm and so cannot become a warrior in his bronze-age tribe, to wear the scarlet like other men. Read more
Published 6 months ago by H. Beentje
A vivid picture of the Bronze Age
Beautiful sentences, powerful, vivid descriptions from the imagination of the great Rosemary Sutcliff.
Published on 20 Mar 2004
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