The Silver Branch

The Silver Branch is a historical adventure novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1957, with illustrations by Charles Keeping. Set in Britain in the last decade of the third century AD, it is the story of two cousins in the Roman legions who find themselves in the intrigue and battle surrounding the struggles between Carausius, a self-proclaimed emperor in Britain, Allectus, Carausius' treasurer, and Constantius, emperor in Rome.

Related Topics:
Rosemary Sutcliff - 1957 - Charles Keeping - Last decade of the third century AD - Legion - Carausius - Allectus - Constantius

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The silver branch of the title is an article in the possession of a friend of the characters.

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Sutcliff's The Silver Branch follows The Eagle of the Ninth and precedes The Lantern Bearers and Sword at Sunset.

Related Topics:
The Eagle of the Ninth - The Lantern Bearers - Sword at Sunset

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