Oxford Bookworms 4 : The Eagle Of The Ninth

كتاب Oxford Bookworms 4 : The Eagle Of The Ninth
المؤلف: Rosemary Sutcliff

In the second century AD , when the Ninth Roman Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain , not one man came back . Four thousand men disappeared , and the Eagle , the symbol of the Legion's honour , was lost . Years later there is a story that the Eagle has been seen again . So Marcus Aquila , whose father disappeared with the Ninth , travels north , to find the Eagle and bring it back , and to learn how his father died . But the tribes of the north are wild and dangerous , and they hate the Romans ... ( Word count 14,950 )