The Shining Company, Rosemary Sutcliff
The Shining Company, Rosemary Sutcliff
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The Shining Company

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff

Narrator: Johanna Ward

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2008

Synopsis

A white stag and a dagger transform the life of Prosper, a Welsh chieftan’s son. With Conn, his bodyservant, he leaves his isolated valley and joins the war band of King Mynyddog the Golden as a shieldbearer. For the Saxons have returned to threaten the northern tribes of Britain, and the Shining Company—a brotherhood of three hundred chosen warriors—must make a desperate attempt to repel invaders.And with the Company travels the minstrel Aneirin, who will keep their names and their glory alive forever more.

About Rosemary Sutcliff

Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992) was born in Surrey, England. A voracious private reader, she left her regular studies at fourteen to attend art school. In 1950 her first children’s book was published, and from then on, she devoted her time and talents to writing children’s historical novels. Many of her books are set in Roman Britain, a period that particularly interested her. She received the OBE in 1975 and, in 1992, was awarded the CBE. She was still writing on the morning of her death at the age of seventy-two.

About Johanna Ward

Johanna Ward (a.k.a. Kate Reading) is an Audie Award–winning narrator and has received numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine. She is also a theater actor in the Washington, DC, area and has been a member of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 1987. Her work onstage has been recognized by the Helen Hayes Awards Society, among others. She and her husband live in Hyattsville, Maryland, with their two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicky on May 15, 2013

The Shining Company is based on Y Gododdin, which I didn't know before I started reading it. Obviously, that quickly became clear once we started into the story, and it quickly eclipsed the small, domestic, human life that opened the story. Leaving the woman who has been centrally important so far b......more

Goodreads review by Hazel on February 28, 2012

What I love about Rosemary Sutcliff, is that she finds those obscure little moments in history and can make a brilliant story out of them. Every time I read one of her books, I say it's my favorite, and I've just come to the conclusion that all her books are equally good. I loved this story because......more

Goodreads review by Manuel on August 04, 2022

ENGLISH: Based on real events, which happened around the year 600, the novel tells the adventure of the Shining Company, made up of three hundred knights and six hundred squires, who carried out a hopeless attack against the Saxons who threatened their territory and thereby gained a few years of res......more

Goodreads review by Simina on December 26, 2012

This is yet another Sutcliff masterpiece. The book almost reads itself and in many ways it is written in a simpler style than she uses in her other works - most certainly in a far simpler style than Sword at Sunset, also written in the first person, but then again Prosper is not Artos. The story its......more

Goodreads review by Ness on February 04, 2018

I think I've overdosed on Sutcliff. And yet I find that I have no regrets.......more

Quotes

“The Shining Company deserves a place with Adam of the Road , The White Stag and other classic adventure stories.”  Publishers Weekly

“Shining Company was written for young adults but the narration by Johanna Ward will reach many an adult audience.”  Reviewer’s Bookwatch

“The story will appeal to readers of historical fiction or fantasy, as the rich language and strong Welsh dialect give the story a mythic air.” AudioFile

“Readers willing to surrender to Sutcliff's demanding yet hypnotic language will be drawn into a truly splendid adventure, containing powerful themes of heroism, friendship, loss, betrayal, and sacrifice.”  School Library Journal

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