Annal:1959 Carnegie Medal
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Results of the Carnegie Medal in the year 1959. This year refers to the publication date. The Medal was awarded the following year (1960).
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The Lantern Bearers: Eagle of the Ninth - Book 3
- 1959 Carnegie winner
- Score: 10.09
The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain for ever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila deserts his regiment to return to his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow and in the end there is only one thing left in Aquila's life - his thirst for revenge . . .
