> > From: "Jeffrey Zahari" <jeff_zahari_at_h...>
> >A children's book I have often borne in mind for initiation customs
is
> >'Warrior Scarlet' by R. Sutcliffe. In this the boys (proto-Celts)
come to
> >their clan's Boy's House; spending a couple of years training
before their
> >final test--to kill a wolf by themselves.
>
> I'd forgotten all about that book. I must go an re-read it (I think
I was
> about 12 at the time). Her "Sword at Sunset" is a fine Roman-Celtic
> Arthurian novel too. What was the other one ... "The Lantern
Bearers"?
>
> Thom
Yes! Thank you for a wonderful reminder. Sutcliffe's books are rather
good reading and form a loose series throughout the
pre to post Roman period. But I've always been partial to "Eagle of
the Ninth" for some reason.
SPQR and all that, I suppose.
Jeff