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Sutcliffe, Rosemary
THE SHINING COMPANY
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990.
IL YA  RL 7.9
ISBN 0374466165
Set in 600 AD England, it was after the Romans left. Tribes are attempting to unite to keep the strength of a singer king intact. This is the adventure of a small town boy who, with his body servant, join up with the knights who are training to present a united front against invasion. It's a personal story about the boy's friendships and its a gruesome account of hand to hand combat.
SUBJECTS:     Cattraeth, Battle of, ca 600  -- Fiction
                        Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1966  -- Fiction

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