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A review by mat_tobin
Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping
3.0
Another of Sutcliff's historical novels set on the South Downs, Warrior Scarlet (1958) is set during the Bronze Age and heralds the dawning on the Iron Age. Drem dreams of being accepted into the warrior caste but his useless arm means that he is disadvantaged and ousted by his grandfather. Yet Drem shows determination and finds inspiration in Talore the hunter who suffers from a similar disability.
One cannot help but wonder how influenced Sucliff was by living in Walberton and her walks on the Downs there. There is, as was the case with Sun Horse, Moon Horse, a real sense of a place but more so as a communal place rather than the landscape itself. A lovely end moment during the celebration of Beltane in which Drem and Blai leap over the fire.
One cannot help but wonder how influenced Sucliff was by living in Walberton and her walks on the Downs there. There is, as was the case with Sun Horse, Moon Horse, a real sense of a place but more so as a communal place rather than the landscape itself. A lovely end moment during the celebration of Beltane in which Drem and Blai leap over the fire.