RosemarySutcliff’sTheLanternBearersisthewinnerofthe1959CarnegieMedalinLiterature.ThelastoftheRomanarmyhavesetsailandleftBritainforever,abandoningittocivilwarandthethreatofaSaxoninvasion.Aquila,ayoungLegionnaire,desertedhisregimenttostaybehindwithhisfamily,buthishomeandallthathelovesaredestroyed.Yearsofhardshipandfightingfollow,andintheend,thereisonlyonethingleftinAquila’slife--histhirstforrevenge...
