The Eagle of the Ninth

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The Eagle of the Ninth

First edition
Author	Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator	C. Walter Hodges
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	1954
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	255
Followed by	The Silver Branch

The Eagle of the Ninth is a historical adventure novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1954. The story is set in Roman Britain in the 2nd century AD, after the building of Hadrian's Wall.